NYC_Fifth_NYPL_087
Conservators' Hall,New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY (Carrère and Hastings : 1897 – 1911)
NRHP #66000546
This small lobby off of 42nd Street leads to Room 80. This was formerly the Circulation division and is now the Celeste Bartos Forum.
This room is characterized by a Doric order with abbreviated entablature- a device useful in interiors, arches, and vaults where a full entablature might be clumsy.
NYC_Fifth_NYPL_087
Conservators' Hall,New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY (Carrère and Hastings : 1897 – 1911)
NRHP #66000546
This small lobby off of 42nd Street leads to Room 80. This was formerly the Circulation division and is now the Celeste Bartos Forum.
This room is characterized by a Doric order with abbreviated entablature- a device useful in interiors, arches, and vaults where a full entablature might be clumsy.