The RCA Building interiors are an important continuation of the major east-west axis running through the Center from Fifth to Sixth Avenue. The double-height entrance lobby symbolically welcomes visitors, drawing them from the Rockefeller Plaza entrance, past the information desk, into corridors flanked by shops, which create the sense of a grand concourse. The mezzanine […]
The Palace Theatre is among the oldest theatres surviving in New York City. The interior has an extravagant Baroque design incorporating high-relief ornamental plasterwork. The double-balconied auditorium, with its multiplicity of boxes and loges on three levels, the unusually high and wide proscenium arch, the large stage, originally with a slanting floor, and the ample […]
The Ottendorfer Branch Interior houses the oldest branch library in Manhattan and is one of the earliest in the city constructed specifically to house a public library. The interior exhibits features of Queen Anne design. The careful detailing and skillful use of Queen Anne elements to create a modest, yet handsome space, make the interior […]
The interiors of the New York Public Library display some of the finest stonework and vaulting in the City. The ornamental plaster ceilings are of great elegance. These rooms and staircases provide a grand approach to the facilities of one of the finest libraries in the world. Three paired, pedimented entrance doors, set beneath high […]
The interior of the Music Box Theater is a fine example of Palladian-inspired design. Among its significant architectural features are a flat proscenium arch flanked by Palladian arched boxes echoing the design of its exterior, handsome murals and Adamesque-style plasterwork.
The interior spaces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the main floor and second floor linked by the great stairway are vital parts of the Museum complex. These grand interiors are a tribute to the talent of Richard Morris Hunt, one of the leading architects of this country. Morris was the first American to […]
This interior represents the mid-20th century Modernism. This building is arguably Manhattan’s most transparent structure, revealing two elegantly spacious banking floors that were carefully planned to be as prominent to passing pedestrians as the glass and aluminum exterior. Many distinctive and original artworks still remain in this interior, including the circular stainless steel vault door, […]
The design of the Low Library Interior is characterized by a restrained but striking combination of classical ornament and richly colored materials. It is an excellent expression of the classical spirit that so strongly influenced American architecture at the turn of the 20th century. Low Library is an excellent expression of the neo-Classical style. The […]
Designated March 23, 1982 Modern techniques employed in conjunction with a stylistic unity produced the most striking internal feature of this building–a light-filled library with generous stack space. The north and south walls display windows with stained glass attributed to Charles Booth. Throughout the structure, black ash bookcases, tables, columns, and railings provide a subtle […]
The Imperial Theater Interior is an excellent example of the elegant Adamesque style. Its significant architectural features include floral plasterwork bands, flat pilasters with stylized capitals, and Adarnesque friezes including figures holding tragic and comic theatrical masks at the boxes.
