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25-570: Clinton Hall may refer to: The third, fourth, or fifth home of the New York Mercantile Library , United States. (The fourth home was the former Astor Opera House from 1853 to 1890.) Clinton Hall (Ithaca, New York) , a historic commercial building in Ithaca, New York, United States. Clinton J. Hall (1926-1984), American lawyer and politician Clinton Hall (New York City) ,

50-506: A building at 137 Nassau St., New York City, now demolished. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Clinton Hall . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clinton_Hall&oldid=1228828751 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

75-492: A member library with a Members Lounge and Reading Room, classrooms, a writers studio, an auditorium for 160 people, a bookstore and a cafe/bar. The Center is a home for readers and writers that serves as a gathering place for the literary community. The three-story building will be co-owned with the Mark Morris Dance Group and a real estate company, which will have their own spaces there. The Center for Fiction

100-456: A time when its membership was only 375 people. The association subsequently reorganized and reopened, with a new focus on fiction and literature. In 1998, the ground floor of the building was renovated by Beyer Blinder Belle . The library – colloquially known as "The Merc" – had considered moving to a new location in 2008, but subsequently decided to remain at its historic Midtown Manhattan location. Since 2005 known as The Center for Fiction,

125-555: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Architectural disambiguation pages New York Mercantile Library The Center for Fiction , originally called the New York Mercantile Library , is a not-for-profit organization in New York City , with offices at 15 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn . Prior to their move in early 2018, The Center for Fiction

150-610: Is one of 17 remaining membership libraries in the United States, three of which are in New York City, maintains a large circulating library of 20th and 21st century fiction, in addition to many stored volumes of 19th century fiction. It also stocks non-fiction volumes on subjects related to literature. It maintains a Reading Room, operates a curated independent bookstore primarily featuring works of fiction, rents space to writers at low cost, and presents literary programs to

175-713: The Fulton Street subway station. The Fulton Center renovation project for the station was completed in November 2014. No bus route runs on Fulton Street. The two routes intersecting with the street are the M15 and M15 SBS at Pearl/Water Streets, and the M55 at Church Street uptown or Broadway downtown. 40°42′36″N 74°00′26″W  /  40.71000°N 74.00722°W  / 40.71000; -74.00722 This article relating to roads and streets in New York City

200-532: The 'Dancing Girl Reposing', Minerva , and a bust of Philip Stone. By 1853, the association had over 4,000 members and over 30,000 volumes, and in 1854, the library moved again, this time uptown to the Astor Opera House building on Lafayette Street between Astor Place and East 8th Street . The opera house had closed its doors as a result of the Astor Place riot of 1849, and the building

225-730: The British Army-based itself in Manhattan during the American Revolution . The street itself was originally broken up into two parts, divided at Broadway . The eastern half was Fair Street and the western half was Partition Street. In 1816, both streets were named Fulton, in honor of Robert Fulton , an engineer who became famous for his invention of the steamship in 1809. East River ferries connected this street to Fulton Street in Brooklyn, at Brooklyn Ferry at

250-572: The Bronx . In August 2013, parts of the street were excavated in order to install water mains, but while they were digging, construction workers uncovered over 100 empty liquor bottles from the 18th century used as part of landfill to extend the street to the East River . Fulton Street is served by the 2 , ​ 3 ​, 4 , ​ 5 ​, A , ​ C ​, J , and ​ Z trains at

275-615: The Clinton Hall Association, made up of prominent members of the Mercantile Library Association, had raised funds to construct. Frequent lectures were presented by the library, including by Ralph Waldo Emerson   and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. In addition to reading materials, as of the 1850s the association owned "a cabinet of minerals and shells, a collection of revolutionary medals, miscellaneous coins, various paintings, statue of

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300-486: The association. By the year 1826, the financial "prospects brightened to the extent that the officers hired a suite of rooms in the Harpers building on Cliff Street, and starting the reading room, which has continued to be an important part of the institution in all its successive homes." In 1830, the library moved to a new building designed by architect Seth Geer, called Clinton Hall, at Nassau and Beekman Streets, which

325-701: The course of a year. Notes Bibliography Further reading Fulton Street (Manhattan) Fulton Street is a busy street located in Lower Manhattan in New York City . Located in the Financial District , a few blocks north of Wall Street , it runs from West Street at the site of the World Trade Center to South Street , terminating in front of the South Street Seaport . The westernmost two blocks and

350-561: The easternmost block are pedestrian streets . The street has a Beaux-Arts architectural feel with many buildings dating back to the Gilded Age or shortly thereafter. The early 19th-century buildings on the south side of the easternmost block are called Schermerhorn Row and are collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Regular cricket matches were held near the present Fulton Market in 1780 when

375-400: The library declined through the following decades, and the library sold off parts of its collection in the 1970s. "In 1971 the theological collection was sold, in 1977 the foreign language collection was sold." It also attempted a merger with Pace College , but this did not occur. By 1987 the library was in financial distress, and closed for the summer of 1987, and then indefinitely in 1989, at

400-439: The library itself amassed 120,000 volumes, making it the largest circulating library in the United States at the time. By 1872 the library contained works of biography; history, geography and travels; literature; mathematics; medical science; mental and moral science; natural sciences; political science; the arts; and theology. However, because the library did not stay open late at night, its services were not generally available to

425-481: The new organization was to provide the city's growing population of clerks with an alternative to what were considered to be immoral entertainments and other vices of the city. The association's first subscription circulating library, which had 700 volumes in rented rooms at 49 Fulton Street in Manhattan , was open to most of the general public, but only merchant clerks were allowed to vote for and be officers in

450-436: The organization presents a diverse program of free or low-cost public events, featuring over 100 authors, translators, and critics each year. The Center also offers reading groups and writing workshops. In May 2018, the organization announced that it would be moving its headquarters to a new building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn called Caesura and designed by Dattner Architects. The 17,500-square-foot (1,630 m ) space includes

475-639: The public. The organization also awards the annual Center for Fiction First Novel Prize . The foundation of the Mercantile Library Association was instigated by the New York Chamber of Commerce , which placed newspaper advertisements in November 1820 asking merchant clerks to meet at a local coffee house to discuss forming an organization based on the Mercantile Library in Boston , which had been created earlier that year. The purpose of

500-564: The time, Fulton Street, counting the ferry, was one continuous street from Manhattan to Brooklyn, beginning in Manhattan, traveling across the ferry, and along what is today Old Fulton Street, Cadman Plaza West, and what is now a pedestrian esplanade on the east side of the Brooklyn Borough Hall . The Fulton Fish Market was located nearby at the South Street Seaport until 2005, when it moved to Hunts Point in

525-485: The working class, a deficit which was remedied when the Cooper Union opened a block east on Astor Place: its reading room was open until 10 p.m. In 1891, requiring more space, the association tore down the opera house and replaced it with an 11-story building designed by George E. Harney , which it also named "Clinton Hall". The new building featured a reading room on the top floor that was two stories high, and

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550-476: Was designed by Julie Nelson, Partner at BKSK Architects LLP and opened in 2019. The Center for Fiction bestows a number of awards annually: Additionally, The Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellowships grant 9 New York City early-career writers with a $ 5,000 stipend, editorial mentorship and networking opportunities with publishing professionals, membership to The Center's Writers Studio, two public readings, publication in an anthology, and more over

575-548: Was located at 17 East 47th Street , between Madison and Fifth Avenues in Midtown Manhattan . The center works to promote fiction and literature and to give support to writers. It originated in 1820 as the (New York) Mercantile Library and in 2005 changed its name to the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction , although it presents itself as simply "The Center for Fiction". The center, which

600-406: Was sold for $ 140,000 to the association, which renamed it "Clinton Hall" and moved the library there as a place which was more convenient to its members. At its new location, the association offered classes and public lectures, including by Frederick Douglass , William Thackeray , and Mark Twain , and functioned as a cultural center. Membership during this period reached at least 12,000, while

625-476: Was to remain the headquarters for its library operations, which included 7 branches, until 1920, when it relocated to rented space. However, in 1932, the library once again had its own building, at 17 East 47th Street , designed by Henry Otis Chapman. Here, the association maintained its 230,000 volumes to serve 3,000 subscribers. The library at this time still had branches at 149 Broadway at Liberty Street and 598 Madison Avenue at 57th Street . Membership in

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