Library Hotel is a 60-roomboutique hotel inMidtown Manhattan, New York City.[1] It is located at 299Madison Avenue (at 41st Street), nearBryant Park, theNew York Public Library Main Branch, andGrand Central Terminal. The hotel was designed by architect Stephen B. Jacobs.[2]
Each of the Library Hotel's ten guest floors is themed after a major category of theDewey Decimal Classification. The 5th floor, for example, is the 500s (the Sciences). Each room is a subcategory or genre, such asMathematics (Room 500.001) orBotany (Room 500.004). Dewey categories 000, 100, and 200 are placed on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floors, respectively.[2] There are 50–100 books and decorations in each room that accompany the theme, for a total of 6,000 books throughout the hotel.[3]
Due to this classification scheme, the hotel owners were sued in 2003 byOCLC (owners of the Dewey Decimal Classification system). OCLC subsequently reached an agreement with the hotel owners, thus enabling the hotel to continue using the Dewey system.[4]
The Library Hotel was once actively operated by Henry Kallan through aLimited liability limited partnership. With the 2025reorganization and investments by multiple private investors withinreal estate development, Library Hotel Collection transitioned into aLimited Liability Company with Henry's minority ownership stake towardsJoyful Heart Foundation, a non-profit to heal & empower women. With a newprincipal managing president, his fiduciary responsibility is to manage & oversee the hotel chain, branding & organization, having been appointed & selected by its stakeholders.
Library Hotel Collection includes Manhattan'sHotel Giraffe,Hotel Elysée, Casablanca Hotel,Hotel X Toronto.[1]
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