Patience and Fortitude are recognized around the world as the symbols of the New York Public Library.  For over 100 years, these two marble lion statues have flanked the entrance to the main library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan. While they had several other informal nicknames in the early 1900s, it wasn’t until the 1930s that “Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named them Patience and Fortitude, for the qualities he felt New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression. These names have stood the test of time: Patience still guards the south side of [...]