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New York Public Library opens elegant room for Wi-Fi users

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Edna Barnes Salomon Room, pre Wi-Fi furnishings. Credit: David Sundberg/ESTO

When in New York, visit what is probably the grandest Wi-Fi hotspot in the country.

The New York Public Library today opens its elegant Edna Barnes Salomon Room, which has been used in recent years mostly for special occasions, as a reading room specifically for online users.

The Beaux-Arts room in a 1911 building that houses the library’s research collection has seating for 128 people at custom-made black walnut tables. Seating is at brown leather chairs to match the maple wood floor, according to the library.

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You can bring your own laptop or, starting July 28, borrow one for free.

The only thing missing will be lattes -- but in these surroundings, who’d want to spill?

-- David Colker

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