{"id":74072,"date":"2024-08-26T16:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenlivinghistory.com\/?p=13540"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:17:59","slug":"life-behind-the-stacks-the-secret-apartments-of-new-york-libraries-6sqft-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2024\/life-behind-the-stacks-the-secret-apartments-of-new-york-libraries-6sqft-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Behind the Stacks: The Secret Apartments of New York Libraries | 6sqft"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Qualifications to Become a Library Live-in Superintendent<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the days of live-in superintendents at libraries appear to be over. The last known live-in superintendent moved out of the NYPL\u2019s Webster Branch, located at 1468 York Avenue in Yorkville, in 2006. From the Port-Richmond Branch in Staten Island to the Morrisania Branch in the Bronx, however, the city\u2019s libraries were once home to dozens of live-in superintendents and their families. While the idea of living in a library\u2014perhaps, especially if it happens to be in a converted mansion on the Upper East Side or in four-bedroom flat on the mezzanine floor of the Schwarzman Building\u2014may sound like fun, it is important to bear in mind that these living quarters came with great responsibilities too.<\/p>\n<p>If the opportunity to work and live in a library still existed today, qualifications for prospective live-in superintendents would likely include everything from a great command of English to the ability to supervise staff to a general knowledge of electrical, plumbing, HVAC and carpentry repair. Many current live-in superintendent positions also require applicants to have a high-level of computer skills and experience working with one or more building management software programs. Finally, anyone interested in taking on the role of live-in superintendent needs to be committed to working around the clock and working year-round. Perhaps, given the amount of work and responsibility, opting for a space-efficient digital library is not such a bad idea after all?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sqft.com\/life-behind-the-stacks-the-secret-apartments-of-new-york-libraries\/\">Life Behind the Stacks: The Secret Apartments of New York Libraries | 6sqft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2024\/life-behind-the-stacks-the-secret-apartments-of-new-york-libraries-6sqft-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Life Behind the Stacks: The Secret Apartments of New York Libraries | 6sqft\"><p>Qualifications to Become a Library Live-in Superintendent Unfortunately, the days of live-in superintendents at libraries appear to be over. The last known live-in superintendent moved out of the NYPL\u2019s Webster Branch, located at 1468 York Avenue in Yorkville, in 2006. From the Port-Richmond Branch in Staten Island to the Morrisania Branch in the Bronx, however, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[880],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77097,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74072\/revisions\/77097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}