GROWTH OF THE BUILDING 



suggested in the original design, in which this rotunda was 

 to be surmounted with a very high tower; internally to provide 

 a complete east and west transept corridor through the building. 

 Both the Central Rotunda and the circular corridors around it are 

 to be used as exhibition spaces. The top floor is to accommodate 

 the Library, Reading Room, and Stack Room, as the central 

 feature of the completed Museum, equally accessible to all its 

 parts. 



The location of the administrative offices has not been con- 

 sidered. 



NORTH TRANSEPT, SITE OF THE ENLARGED LECTURE 

 HALL AND AUDITORIUM, with seating capacity of 3,000. 



EAST TRANSEPT, connecting the Central Rotunda with the East 

 Pavilion, to be twelve feet wider than the present South Transept 

 or wings. 



EAST PAVILION on Central Park, to be connected by a proposed 

 broad new driveway with the West Drive of the Park, and 

 to be the future grand entrance hall of the Museum, archi- 

 tecturally imposing, like the entrance hall of the Metropolitan 

 Museum of Art. 



SOUTHEAST WING, connecting the present Southeast Pavilion 

 and thus completing the east circuit. 



GLASS COURTS. It has been suggested, but has not as yet been 

 considered by the Committee, that the two south courts might be 

 utilized by placing therein glass-covered areas one story high. 



RATE OF GROWTH AND COST 



The Museum has hitherto been constructed in sections, namely: 

 transepts, pavilions, wings, and central rotunda. Each section may 

 be considered as a unit. By a review of the past rate of growth and 



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