February 06, 2008
Original Winnie-the-Pooh to move to NYPL at 42nd St.
The original stuffed animals that inspired A.A. Milne to create "Winnie-the-Pooh" will move from the main children's room in the Donnell Library Center in May in advance of the bulding's tear-down to make way for a luxury hotel.
But don't expect Pooh to hibernate for a secluded, long winter nap.
Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and Kanga will move to another Midtown location -- at the main Humanities & Social Sciences Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
"We do expect they will be on public display," Herb Scher, a spokesman for the New York Public Library today told NewYorkology. Details still need to be worked out, but the plan is to move them sometime in May, he said.
In November, Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. announced it would build an 11-story hotel on the library site that would connect its “21” Club restaurant on 52nd Street to the new hotel. It will also house a replacement branch for the New York Public Library on the first floor.
The Donnell Library is located (across the street from the Museum of Modern Art) at 20 W. 53rd St., map.
(Thanks to NYC tour guide Justin Ferate, who mentioned in his newsletter this morning that library staff told him of the pending move.)
Correction: This entry has been changed to make clear the move will be "sometime" in May, not necessarily mid-May.
Picture credit: Pooh and Friends, taken by Don Hamerman. Image provided to NewYorkology by the NYPL.
Earlier: New "21" Club hotel would get its own NY Public Library
The original Winnie the Pooh lives in Midtown
February 6, 2008 02:44 PM in Cheap Stuff, Hotelology, Kids, Midtown, Sightsology
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