The announcement of a floating library makes us wonder why there has never been a library on a boat in one of our city's rivers before. Seems like Heaven! And finally, after decades of not even realizing we were waiting for this magic vessel, it's almost here. The Lilac Museum Steamship will host a pop-up floating library at Pier 25 on the Hudson River starting September 6th (through October 3rd).

"The ship’s main deck will be transformed into an outdoor reading lounge to offer library visitors a range of reading materials from underrepresented authors, artist books, poetry, manifestoes, as well as book collection, that, at the end of the lifecycle of the project, will be donated to local high school students with demonstrated need."

There will also be roundtables, performances, a listening room, and rope swings. ROPE SWINGS. ON A BOAT. IN A LIBRARY. Throw in a hammock and we're never leaving.

