Ground Breaking - Great Kills Branch Library 56 Gifford Lane, Staten Island - left to right: Mr. Ralph A. Beals, Director, The New York Public Library; Honorable Frederick H. Zurmuhlen, P.E., R.A., Commissioner, Department of Public Works; Honorable Edward G. Baker, President, Borough of Richmond; Miss Katherine L. O'Brien, Regional Librarian, The New York Public Library; Mr. John M. Cory, Chief, Circulation Department, The New York Public Library