The library was pretty cool, especially with the free audio guide to explain some of the more subtle features and history. I just wish they had opened the bookcases so we could actually see the hidden spiral staircases! In the study, they had some delicately carved cylinder seals and other ancient collectable items.
The cranes on these cups were really cool, very naturalistic. On the lower cup, one crane appears to be eating a plant (maybe a cattail?) while the other seems to be interested in a snake:
We enjoyed a light lunch and vintage cocktails (a Rob Roy and a Grapefruit Gimlet), then tackled the special exhibits. We got through those fairly quickly, then wandered around outside the building.There were some big cats behind the fence, which is appropriate for a library in New York:
But these were not lions like the NYPL:
I think they might be lionesses - unless someone can identify the cat?
We really liked the ironwork:
We had a bit of extra time to fill on our way to the restaurant (appropriately enough, Il Gattopardo - The Leopard), so we stopped into the NYPL to see the photography exhibit on the 3rd floor. It filled our purposes very well, and for exactly the right price! Some of the photographs were pretty interesting, and there were some nice groupings (e.g., people caught in mid-air; people raising their hands; dog pictures). We also saw this statue of a girl crossing a log:
Dinner was nice and unrushed until we realized two hours had rolled by and we needed to make our way to Studio 54 for a revival of Brief Encounter. En route, we saw fireworks! 
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