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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]]''. | 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]]''. | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=110 Campus Corners - The Greatest Lecture Hall EVER] on [[The Bwog]] | * [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=110 Campus Corners - The Greatest Lecture Hall EVER] on [[The Bwog]] | ||
* [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/may00/may00_feature_films.html Lights! Camera! Action!], Columbia College Today, May 2000 | * [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/may00/may00_feature_films.html Lights! Camera! Action!], Columbia College Today, May 2000 | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 10 March 2011
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.
Lecture Musical
<videoflash>3SwhzFsuvQc</videoflash>
External links
- Campus Corners - The Greatest Lecture Hall EVER on The Bwog
- Lights! Camera! Action!, Columbia College Today, May 2000
- Havemeyer 309 on ScoutingNY
