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"Double Header" at The New York Public Library!Library Lions Step Up to the Plate In Support of New York's Playoff-Bound Yankees New
York, October 16, 2001 --
In
celebration of the New York Yankees' outstanding come-from-behind-victory,
the grand marble lions that guard The New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue
and 42nd Street will be adorned with giant baseball caps for the duration
of the Yankees play-off season. The Lions were named Patience and Fortitude
by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in the 1930s for the qualities he felt every
New Yorker needed to persevere through good times and bad. Now, more than
ever, let's all root for New York! ### jbertrand: pro |