Battery Park City is about to get a little poetry in its life – about 45,000 volumes of it. The Poets House, the largest poetry center and archive of its kind in the United States, is moving to a new 10,000 sq. ft. facility in Site 16/17 designed by architect Lousie Braverman. Construction has already begun on the waterfront site that will exit onto Teardrop Park’s south side. Poets House is currently located at a 4,600 sq. ft. space on Spring St. The 21-year old organization will share its permanent, rent-free location with a 12,000 sq. ft. branch of the New York Public Library and a 4,000 sq. ft. World Hunger Learning Center, an educational center about hunger. Poets House is expected to open in Fall 2007.
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