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All floors are represented in OSxxx box. Tube includes blueprints for basement, main, second and sixth floors. Sixth floor plans depict the apartment that Alvin Johnson had designed for the prior owner, Daniel Cranford Smith, as part of the property sales agreement, with five bedrooms, a foyer, kitchen, pantry, living room, dining room, workroom, den, and conservatory. Penthouse plans designate art and sculpture studios, as well as three terraces. Roof plans indicate a vault light to one of the studios and water tank house.

Scope and Contents The auditorium off the entrance lobby of 66 West Twelfth Street is an elegant, intimate space that seats 550. Circular rings on the domed ceiling, a curve at the back of the stage and at the front of the theater, and a prominent proscenium arch create a sense of unity and enclosure in the space. Ceiling lights hidden behind an inner ring reflect off an outer ring to create a glowing, diffused light. Lack of columns allow unobstructed views of the stage from all points in the room. The domed ceiling forms a hill, incorporated into the raked seating plan of the two larger classrooms in the center of the floor above. On the mezzanine, plans indicate an area outside the auditorium along the West Twelfth Street wall intended for “talk-over niches.” These informal social spaces were also used elsewhere in the building.The auditorium, named originally for real estate developer Bernhard Mayer (1852-1929), was renamed in the 1990s for John L. Tishman of Tishman Realty &...

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The fifth floor was devoted to exhibition space, a general dining room, and a private dining area for faculty. The floor plan shows the exhibition area wrapping around the double stairway that led to the library below. Includes some original drawings.

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The library occupied the entire fourth floor. Behind the librarian’s desk in the center of the floor is a triangular wall of shelves formed by staircases on either side leading to the exhibition gallery above. Some time after the building was completed, complaints that noise from the fifth floor distracted those studying in the library, and the stairwells were closed off. The library was relocated to the List building during the 1950s expansion, and the fourth floor repurposed for classrooms and offices. Includes some original drawings.

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Includes some original drawings.

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Includes plans and revisions for "talk-over niches" outside the auditorium, as well as the mezzanine seating area and projection booth. Includes some original drawings.

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Plans depict third floor director's, secretary's and other offices, boardroom, reception hall, storerooms, bathrooms, and janitor's apartment. Includes some original drawings.