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[[Image:309Hav.jpg|thumb|309 Havemeyer Hall]] | [[Image:309Hav.jpg|thumb|309 Havemeyer Hall]] | ||
| − | '''309 [[Havemeyer]] ''', a grandiose lecture hall, is considered the "signature architectural feature" of [[Charles Follen McKim]]'s original six building campus. | + | '''309 [[Havemeyer]]''', a grandiose lecture hall, is considered the "signature architectural feature" of [[Charles Follen McKim]]'s original six building [[Morningside Heights campus|campus]]. The hall features features a 40-foot domed ceiling, 330 tiered seats, a brass railed gallery, and a 40-foot oak demonstration table. Undergraduates have been known to sleep through General Chemistry lectures in the gallery of the hall. |
| − | The | + | The room was the setting for [[Prangstgrüp]]'s famous "Lecture Musical". Moreover, it has been featured in over a dozen [[films]], including Spike Lee's ''[[w:Malcolm X|Malcolm X]]'', Barbra Streisand's ''[[w:A Mirror Has Two Faces|A Mirror Has Two Faces]]'', both ''[[w:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]]'' films, ''[[w:Mona Lisa Smile|Mona Lisa Smile]]'', and, most recently, ''[[w:Kinsey|Kinsey]]''. |
== External links == | == External links == | ||
| − | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwhzFsuvQc Lecture Musical] | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SwhzFsuvQc Lecture Musical] on [[YouTube]] |
| − | * [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=110 Campus Corners - The Greatest Lecture Hall EVER | + | * [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=110 Campus Corners - The Greatest Lecture Hall EVER] on [[The Bwog]] |
[[Category:Rooms on the Morningside Heights campus]] | [[Category:Rooms on the Morningside Heights campus]] | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 21 April 2007
309 Havemeyer, a grandiose lecture hall, is considered the "signature architectural feature" of Charles Follen McKim's original six building campus. The hall features features a 40-foot domed ceiling, 330 tiered seats, a brass railed gallery, and a 40-foot oak demonstration table. Undergraduates have been known to sleep through General Chemistry lectures in the gallery of the hall.
The room was the setting for Prangstgrüp's famous "Lecture Musical". Moreover, it has been featured in over a dozen films, including Spike Lee's Malcolm X, Barbra Streisand's A Mirror Has Two Faces, both Ghostbusters films, Mona Lisa Smile, and, most recently, Kinsey.
