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Landmark NY Library to Be Renamed for Donor

Wall Street financier donates $100 million

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2008 3:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Following the style of sports stadiums, Manhattan's stately beaux arts library on Fifth Avenue will be renamed for a key contributor to a billion-dollar expansion of the library system. Private equity king Stephen Schwarzman is giving the library $100 million from his several-billion-dollar fortune, reports...   Read full story »

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