And if you're in Boston the BPL in Copley Square has a similarly beautiful and useful room. And despite now living thousands of miles away I still see fit to always carry my BPL card. It's been on me for over twenty years at this point and features my childhood-era signature. Can't let go. :)

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Thanks for that. I go to the BPL all the time and had no idea that room existed! :0

My two complaints about Copley BPL is that they don't have nearly enough outlets for laptops, and their WiFi can be spotty in places. Of course, maybe Bates Hall will solve all those problems... ;)

They're good with the homeless too. Security guards walk all over that place constantly and wake anyone up who's sleeping. The bathrooms though, arg, across the street to Starbucks please. :)

Welcome; hope it helps!

Wow, hard to believe I've spent the last few months working in NYC without going here. I'm heading over there tomorrow, with work in hand.

Thanks for the tip. I'm moving to Long Island City next month so this should be a great place to go to. I assume they don't allow food, but do you know if they allow beverages at the tables? My local library allows that which has been great for me. I usually need something to drink or munch on while working or I get antsy.

EDIT: Ah man. It closes at 6pm alot of the nights. I usually like working later than that.

I bet we can find a similar place to get some work done later then 6-8pm. I'm in the same boat as you, and I'll start searching for a viable late-night quiet spot.

You ever find a place to work later than 6-8pm?

This looks gorgeous.

I've been there - it's even more stunning in person than it is in pictures. They film movie scenes in there all the time.

Ooh, that looks awesome. Anybody have any similar suggestions for D.C./Arlington? I'm moving there soon, and while I'm still unemployed, I may as well find a gorgeous place to hang out and work on job apps and programming projects.

Yeah, if you hit the coffee shops, watch out for guys trying to recruit you into web-based pyramid schemes.

You can usually identify them by very generic terminology about internet business and (seriously, every one of them) a paper planner.

Yeah, and annoying Quixtar drones. Grrrr.

Hmm. Thanks for the tips. I had no idea there were scammers who preyed upon coffee shop patrons. Maybe they're taking advantage of the relative southern friendliness of D.C.? I don't think that sort of thing exists in Portland (my last digs), a friendly, but still very northern, city.

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Makes me think of the beginning of Ghostbusters (although IIRC that was Columbia's library).

thanks for the tip. I'm going to check this out