[LM_NET] Final answer to library Lions

[Carol Van Brocklin <crucena@MOZCOM.COM>]

Good morning all:
      Thanks so much for all of you who shared what you knew about the NYC
public library lions.
       I did write to the library itself from it's webpage and got the
following response along with some other websites for folks to look
at. Seeing the "other" choices, I have to say that I agree that the
lions were a good choice. (Beaver Lovers do not sent hate mail!)

Carol Van Brocklin
Librarian
Faith Academy-Davao
Davao City, Philippines


      We have not found any specific references in our library history
material about why lions were chosen. Sources mention preferences of
the public and other officials to elks and beavers.

>From the Web site, Columbia University, Architecture and Development of
New York City,
http://nycarchitecture.columbia.edu/0244_3/0244_3_s5_6_tr.html :
"And your entry is flanked by a pair of lions, which are traditional
symbols of library and learning."

Sites of Interest:

The Library Lions
http://www.nypl.org/pr/lions.cfm

Edward Clark Potter
http://www.nypl.org/pr/potter.cfm

Piccirilli Brothers
http://www.nypl.org/pr/piccirilli.cfm

Wikipedia ("the online free encyclopedia) offers this under their
biography of Saint Mark (aka Mark the Evangelist):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_the_Evangelist
"... Mark is frequently depicted in Western art, especially Medieval and
Renaissance art. Like the other 3 evangelists, he is often shown holding a
book, but his special attribute is the winged lion. ..."

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