comprises a series of illustrated bronze sidewalk plaques featuring quotes from famous authors, poets, and other notables. It features 48 unique plaques in all, but each plaque is duplicated along the north and the south sides of 41st Street, thus totaling 96 plaques. According to The Wall Street Journal, a panel composed of "the Grand Central Partnership, which manages the Grand Central Business Improvement District; and the New Yorker magazine" chose the quotes in the 1990s, while Gregg LeFevre designed the plaques. Each plaque measures wide and long; originally, there were 98 such plaques. The first three, by Francis Bacon, Emily Dickinson, and Virginia Woolf, were installed in front of 18 East 41st Street in 2002. Brochures are available at the Friends of the Library counter in the Main Branch's Astor Hall, on the first floor. Granite plaques of similar style can also be seen on the sidewalks of Broadway in Manhattan's Financial District, placed in honor of ticker tape parades held there in the past, as well as on Broadway in the Garment District, where plaques commemorate fashion designers. Landmark designations The Main Branch was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the exterior as a landmark in 1967. The Landmarks Preservation Commission subsequently designated Astor Hall, the first-to-third-floor stairs, and McGraw Rotunda as landmarks in 1974. The Rose Main Reading Room and Public Catalog Room were separately made New York City designated landmarks in 2017, after a four-year effort. In popular culture Film The Main Branch appears or is depicted in multiple films, including: 42nd Street (1933) The Clock (1945) On the Town (1949) Pickup on South Street (1953) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Two for the Seesaw (1962) You're a Big Boy Now (1966) The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972) Network (1976) The Wiz (1978) Ghostbusters (1984) Prizzi's Honor (1984) Regarding Henry (1991) Quiz Show (1994) Picture Perfect (1997) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Finding Forrester (2002) Head over Heels (2001) Maid in Manhattan (2002) Spider-Man (2002) The Time Machine (2002) 13 Going on 30 (2004) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) Shortcut to Happiness (2004) Spider-Man 3 (2007) Sex and the City (2008) Uncertainty (2008) Arthur (2011) The Adjustment Bureau (2011) We'll Take Manhattan (2012) Winter's Tale (2014) Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017) Television Episodes of