NY Times: “Public Library Abandons Plan to Revamp 42nd Street Building”

Can this be true???!!!!  The New York Times reports the end of the Central Library Plan:

In a striking about-face, the New York Public Library has abandoned its plan to turn part of its research flagship on 42nd Street into a circulating library and instead will renovate the Mid-Manhattan library on Fifth Avenue, several library trustees said.

There’s been no official announcement yet, and we’re waiting with bated breath to read the fine print…