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Ghostbusters
Midtown, Manhattan
A landmark Beaux-Arts library building on Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, standing since 1911. Its event settings range from an impressive white marble entrance hall to an ornate rotunda, bringing together grand civic architecture and scholarly character. Historic reading rooms, marble details, and richly decorated interiors offer a distinctive visual setting for productions and gatherings.
Features
- Beaux-Arts landmark dating to 1911
- White marble entrance hall
- Historic reading room
- Ornate rotunda
- Map Division
- Marble lion sculptures
Space & Capacity
- Size
- 6,400 sq ft (McGraw Rotunda); additional spaces within the landmark building
- Capacity
- Astor Hall: 750 standing or 425 seated. McGraw Rotunda: 500; seated or standing configuration not specified.
Tungsten’s Take
There is nowhere in New York that combines intellectual prestige, architectural magnificence, and sheer photographic impact quite like this. A backdrop that elevates anything it surrounds.