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Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

Full of Hot Air

Posted by: Erin Allen

A bat in the belfry? Maybe. A tree growing in Brooklyn? Sure. A light in the attic? Of course. But, a dirigible in the Library’s Jefferson Building? It happened. Walking the institution’s resplendent halls, you come across lovely murals, elaborate ornamentation, gilded embellishments, and, as it turned out the other day, two rather large balloons …