On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Met History wrote:

> Only 10 years ago,  I finally found an historic photograph of the stairhall -
> hey!  It showed a grand swath of leaded glass, rising in the center like a
> tent!  It was covered up at some later time!  I went to the roof to look down
> from the outside, but that was completely covered by a sealed swath of
> corrugated metal.
>
> When I became a trustee, two years ago, I knew I would finally be happy if I
> could find out what happened to the skylight and, perhaps, raise the money to
> recreate or restore it.  Last year I succeeded Jean Phifer as Building
> Committee Chair, and began planning a campaign.  Yesterday, John McKeown, our
> resourceful super, opened up the roof, and he and I looked in to see - the
> entire, original skylight, in 98%-perfect condition.  Howard Carter was no
> happier than I was.

Heavens!  Congratulations!

It sounds like Conversation Hall in Philadelphia.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
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