The New York public library was founded on the day May 23, 1895 by a man with a plan called the Bigelows plan. The person who founded this with a little bit of help was John Bigelow. Three people who helped him were Samuel J. Tilden, John Jacob Astor, and James Lenox. These four did many things to found this library on the day May 23, 1895. Astor and Lenox both had library’s before that they owned but they had financial difficulties. Because of this they worked together with John Bigelow to make the New York public library. John Bigelow was named director of this library and he also drew out the design of the library on pencil and paper to make this design. It was a wonderful design that was on the corner of a street and was a brilliant design
