Kristy Raffensberger writes: “There are many people who say the library played an important role in their childhood. But for Kenneth Choquette, the library was—quite literally—his home. Ken’s grandfather, John Mahon, was the custodian at the Webster branch of the New York Public Library from approximately 1940 to 1971. In those days, mostly because of the coal furnace, being a custodian was a twenty-four hour job. At the very top of Webster, up a back staircase, was Ken’s home: a four-room apartment.”…

Growing up in the Webster Library, New York Public Library blogs, Jan. 8