Editing Carnegie Hall (section)

== Architecture and venues ==
[[File:Carnegie Hall at night.jpg|thumb|Original building at night]]
Carnegie Hall was designed by [[William Tuthill]] along with [[Richard Morris Hunt]] and [[Adler & Sullivan]].<ref name="NY1880" /><ref name="nyt18890719" /> While the 34-year-old Tuthill was relatively unknown as an architect, he was an amateur cellist and a singer, which may have led to him getting the commission.<ref name="NY1880" /> [[Dankmar Adler]] of Adler & Sullivan, on the other hand, was an experienced designer of music halls and theaters; he served as the acoustical consultant.<ref name="NY1880" /><ref name="p573493968" /> Carnegie Hall was constructed with heavy masonry [[Load-bearing wall|bearing walls]], as lighter structural steel framework was not widely used when the building was completed.<ref>{{cite web|date=May 28, 2016|title=1891 Andrew Carnegie's new Music Hall opens – Carnegie Hall|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/History/Timeline/Timeline.aspx?id=4294968416|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528220247/http://www.carnegiehall.org/History/Timeline/Timeline.aspx?id=4294968416|archive-date=May 28, 2016|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=carnegiehall.org}}</ref> The building was designed in a modified [[Renaissance architecture|Italian Renaissance]] style.<ref name="NYCL-0278">{{cite web|date=May 10, 1966|title=Carnegie Hall|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0278.pdf|access-date=March 13, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727090801/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0278.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rer18901227">{{cite magazine|date=December 27, 1890|title=The Carnegie Music Hall|url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vollist=1&vol=ldpd_7031148_006&page=ldpd_7031148_006_00001013|journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide|volume=46|pages=867–868|via=[[Columbia University|columbia.edu]]|number=1189|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212044/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vollist=1&vol=ldpd_7031148_006&page=ldpd_7031148_006_00001013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nycland">{{cite nycland|page=126}}</ref>

Carnegie Hall is composed of three structures arranged in an "L" shape; each structure contains one of the hall's performance spaces. The original building, which houses the Isaac Stern Auditorium, is an eight-story rectangular building at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 57th Street,<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> measuring {{Convert|150|ft}} along the street and {{Convert|175|ft}} along the avenue.<ref name="TL p. 145">{{harvnb|Tauranac|1985|ps=.|page=145}}</ref> The 16-story eastern wing contains the Weill Recital Hall and is located along 57th Street. The 13-story southern wing, at Seventh Avenue and 56th Street, contains Zankel Hall. Except at the eighth floor, all three structures have floor levels at different heights.<ref name="NPS p. 2">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1962|ps=.|p=2}}</ref>

=== Facade ===
Carnegie Hall was designed from the outset with a facade of Roman brick.<ref name="NYCL-0278" /><ref name="p573484756" /> The facade was decorated with a large amount of Renaissance details. Most of the exterior walls are covered in reddish brown brick, though decorative elements such as [[band course]]s, [[pilaster]]s, and [[arch]]es are made of [[architectural terracotta]] originally by the [[New York Architectural Terra-Cotta Company]].<ref name="NYCL-0278" /><ref name="rer18901227" /> As originally designed, the terracotta and brick were both brown, and the pitched roof was made of corrugated black tile,<ref name="rer18901227" /> but this was later replaced with the eighth floor.<ref name="NPS p. 2" />[[File:Carnegie Hall - Entrance (48155558951).jpg|thumb|The main entrance has five arches at the first floor and its mezzanine, with another arcade above it.]]
The original section of the building is divided into three horizontal sections. The lowest section of the building comprises the first floor and the first-floor mezzanine, above which is a heavy [[cornice]] with [[modillion]]s. The main entrance of Carnegie Hall is placed in what was originally the center of the primary facade on 57th Street. It consists of an [[Arcade (architecture)|arcade]] with five large arches, originally separated by granite pilasters.<ref name="rer18901227" /><ref name="p94939305">{{cite news|date=May 6, 1891|title=It Stood the Test Well: the First Concert in the New Music Hall. Its Acoustic Properties Found to Be Adequate – a Russian Composer Warmly Greeted – Bishop Potter as a Lover of Music|page=5|newspaper=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|94939305}}}}</ref> An entablature, with the words "Music Hall Founded by Andrew Carnegie", runs across the loggia at the [[Springer (architecture)|springing]] of the arches. The center three arches lead directly to the Stern Auditorium's lobby, while the two outer arches lead to staircases to upper floors. On either side of the main entrance are smaller doorways (one on the west and two on the east), topped by blank panels at the mezzanine. There are five similar doorways on Seventh Avenue.<ref name="p94939305" /> The original backstage entrance is on 161 West 56th Street.<ref name="nyt19860831">{{Cite news|last=Kraus|first=Lucy|date=August 31, 1986|title=The Carnegie Hall of the Future|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/31/arts/the-carnegie-hall-of-the-future.html|access-date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820015008/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/08/31/arts/the-carnegie-hall-of-the-future.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the third and fourth floors, above the main entrance, is a two-and-a-half story arcade on 57th Street with five round-headed arches. A balcony with a [[balustrade]] is carried on [[console bracket]]s in front of this arcade.<ref name="p94939305" /> Each arch has a horizontal terracotta [[Transom (architecture)|transom]] bar above the third floor; two third-floor windows separated by a Corinthian column; and two fourth-floor windows separated by a pilaster. A broad [[terracotta]] frieze runs above the fourth floor, at the springing of the arches.<ref name="rer18901227" /><ref name="p94939305" /> To either side of the arcade, there are two tall round-arched windows on the second floor; those on the east flank a blind arch.<ref name="p94939305" /> There are pairs of pilasters on the fourth-floor mezzanine, above which is a string course. The Seventh Avenue facade is similar in design, but instead of window openings, there are blind openings filled with brick.<ref name="rer18901227" /><ref name="p94939305" /> Additionally, the arcade at the center of the Seventh Avenue facade has four arches instead of five.<ref name="rer18901227" />

The sixth floor, at the center of the 57th Street facade, contains five square openings, each with a pair of round-arched windows. On either side of these five openings, there are round-arched windows, arranged as in a shallow [[loggia]].<ref name="rer18901227" /><ref name="p94939305" /> There are four arched windows on the eastern portion of the sixth floor, as well as two arches on the west portion, which flank a blind arch.<ref name="p94939305" /> A frieze and cornice run above this floor.<ref name="rer18901227" /> The seventh floor was originally a mansard roof.<ref name="nycland" /> As part of an 1890s alteration, the mansard was replaced with a vertical wall resembling a continuous arcade. The seventh floor is topped by balustrades with decorated columns. The flat roof was converted into a roof garden with kitchen and service rooms.<ref name="p573728011">{{cite news|date=December 28, 1892|title=For a Bigger Music Hall: Elaborate Plans of Reconstruction There Will Be High Tower and Other Changes Will Be Made|page=7|newspaper=New-York Tribune|id={{ProQuest|573728011}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt18921228">{{Cite news|date=December 28, 1892|title=Addition to Music Hall; Work Planned That Will Make a Great Improvement. Better Exterior Appearance Promised and Much More Room – a Lofty Tower of Unique Design – Garden on the Roof – New Concert Room and Studios|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1892/12/28/archives/addition-to-music-hall-work-planned-that-will-make-a-great.html|access-date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=August 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820013950/https://www.nytimes.com/1892/12/28/archives/addition-to-music-hall-work-planned-that-will-make-a-great.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Carnegie Hall was also extended to the corner of Seventh Avenue and 56th Street, where a 13-story addition was designed in a similar style as the original building. The top of this addition contains a main dome, as well as smaller domes at its four corners.<ref name="nyt18921228" />

=== Venues ===

==== Main Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage) ====
The Stern Auditorium is six stories high with 2,804 seats on five levels.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 15, 1966|title=Carnegie Hall|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5b82f3e2-d183-472f-88f1-e4c82ffca307|access-date=March 13, 2020|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]]|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727084027/https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/5b82f3e2-d183-472f-88f1-e4c82ffca307|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Page p. 18">{{harvnb|Page|2011|p=18|ps=.}}</ref> Originally known as the main auditorium, it was renamed after violinist [[Isaac Stern]] in 1997 to recognize his efforts to save the hall from demolition in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 23, 2013|title=The A to Z of Carnegie Hall: S is for Stern|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/BlogPost.aspx?id=4294989134|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709115621/https://www.carnegiehall.org/BlogPost.aspx?id=4294989134|archive-date=July 9, 2017|access-date=November 14, 2014|publisher=Carnegie Hall}}</ref> The main auditorium was originally planned to fit 3,300 guests, including two tiers of boxes, two balconies, and a [[wikt:parquet|parquet]] seating 1,200.<ref name="nyt18890719" /><ref name="rer18890720">{{cite magazine|date=July 20, 1889|title=Men and Things|url=https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vollist=1&vol=ldpd_7031148_004&page=ldpd_7031148_004_00000118|journal=The Real Estate Record: Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide|volume=44|page=1017|via=[[Columbia University|columbia.edu]]|number=1114|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818152705/https://rerecord.library.columbia.edu/document.php?vollist=1&vol=ldpd_7031148_004&page=ldpd_7031148_004_00000118|url-status=live}}</ref> The main hall accommodated the performances of the [[New York Philharmonic]] from 1892<ref name="Page p. 19" /> to 1962, when the Philharmonic moved to [[Lincoln Center]].<ref name=nyt-1962-05-21>{{Cite news|date=May 21, 1962|title=Philharmonic Cheered In Carnegie Hall Finale|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/21/archives/philharmonic-cheered-in-carnegie-hall-finale.html|access-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref>

Its entrance is through the Box Office Lobby on 57th Street near Seventh Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parking & Directions|url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/Visit/Directions-and-Parking|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=Carnegie Hall|archive-date=October 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005021520/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Visit/Directions-and-Parking|url-status=live}}</ref> When planned in 1889, this entrance was designed with a marble and mosaic vestibule measuring {{Convert|25|ft}} high and {{Convert|70|ft}} long.<ref name="rer18890720" /><ref name="nyt18890719" /> The entrance lobby is three stories high and had an organ loft at the top, which was converted into a lounge area by the mid-20th century.<ref name="NPS p. 2" /> The lobby ceiling was designed as a [[barrel vault]], containing [[soffit]]s with heavy [[coffer]]s and cross-arches, and was painted white with gold decorations. At either end of the barrel vault were lunettes. The walls were painted salmon and had pairs of gray-marble pilasters supporting an entablature. The cross-arches had decorated cream-colored [[Tympanum (architecture)|tympana]].<ref name="p94939305" /> The lobby was originally several feet above street level, but it was lowered to street level in the 1980s.<ref name="Oculus 1986-03">{{cite magazine|date=Mar 1986|title=Carnegie Hall's New Lobby|url=https://usmodernist.org/AIANY/AIANY-1986-03.pdf|journal=Oculus|volume=48|pages=3–11|number=7|access-date=August 20, 2021|archive-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130215841/https://usmodernist.org/AIANY/AIANY-1986-03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shepard 1986">{{Cite news|last=Shepard|first=Joan|date=December 15, 1986|title=Encore for Carnegie Hall|page=101|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83713265/encore-for-carnegie-hall/|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819012949/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83713265/encore-for-carnegie-hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> The rebuilt lobby contains geometric decorations evocative by the work of [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]], as well as [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]]-style [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]] with lighting fixtures.<ref name="Stern (2006) p. 732" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=September 8, 1983|title=Architecture: Carnegie Hall Restoration, Phase 1|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/08/arts/architecture-carnegie-hall-restoration-phase-1.html|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821151425/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/08/arts/architecture-carnegie-hall-restoration-phase-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The design also includes ticket windows on the south wall of the lobby. Past that, stairs on either side lead to the auditorium's parquet level; previously, stairs continued straight from the lobby to the parquet level.<ref name="Oculus 1986-03" />

[[File:Carnegie-hall-isaac-stern.jpg|thumb|left|Isaac Stern Auditorium]]

All but the top level can be reached by elevator; the top balcony is 137 steps above parquet level.<ref>{{cite web|title=Information: Accessibility|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Accessibility/|access-date=November 14, 2014|publisher=Carnegie Hall|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916154355/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Accessibility/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Page p. 20">{{harvnb|Page|2011|p=20|ps=.}}</ref> The lowest level is the parquet level, which has twenty-five full rows of thirty-eight seats and four partial rows at stage level, for a total of 1,021 seats.<ref name="rentals" /> The parquet was designed with eleven exits to a corridor that entirely surrounded it; the corridor, in turn, led to the main entrance vestibule on 57th Street.<ref name="p573484756">{{cite news|date=September 10, 1889|title=The New Music Hall Plans: a Fine Building to Be Erected It Will Be Ready for the World's Fair—architectural Features and Interior Arrangements|page=7|newspaper=New-York Tribune|id={{ProQuest|573484756}}}}</ref> The first and second tiers consist of sixty-five boxes; the first tier has 264 seats, eight per box, and the second tier has 238 seats, six to eight per box.<ref name="rentals" /> As designed, the first tier of boxes was entirely open, while the second tier was partially enclosed, with open boxes on either end.<ref name="p573484756" /> The third tier above the parquet is the Dress Circle, seating 444 in six rows; the first two rows form an almost-complete semicircle. The fourth and the highest tier, the balcony, seats 837. Although seats with obstructed views exist throughout the auditorium, only the Dress Circle level has structural columns.<ref name="rentals">{{cite web|last1=Carnegie Hall|title=Stern Auditorium-Perelman Stage Rentals|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/Rentals/Stern-Auditorium-Perelman-Stage-Rentals/|access-date=May 5, 2015|ref=rentals|archive-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321150319/http://www.carnegiehall.org/Rentals/Stern-Auditorium-Perelman-Stage-Rentals/|url-status=live}}</ref> An elliptic arch rises from the Dress Circle level; along with a corresponding arch at the rear of the auditorium, it supports the ceiling.<ref name="p94939305" />

The Ronald O. Perelman Stage is {{Convert|42|ft}} deep.<ref name="rentals" /> It was originally designed with six tiers that could be raised and lowered hydraulically.<ref name="rer18890720" /> The walls around the stage contain pilasters. The ceiling above the stage was designed as an ellipse, and the soffits of the ceiling were originally outfitted with lights.<ref name="p94939305" /> Originally, there were no stage wings; the backstage entrance from 56th Street led directly to a small landing just below the stage, while the dressing room was above the stage. During a 1980s renovation, a stage wing, orchestra room, and dressing rooms were added and the access to the stage was reconfigured.<ref name="nyt19860831" />

==== Zankel Hall ====
Zankel Hall, on the Seventh Avenue side of the building, is named after Judy and Arthur Zankel, who funded a renovation of the venue.<ref name="nyt20000130">{{cite news|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|author-link=David W. Dunlap|date=January 30, 2000|title=Carnegie Hall Grows the Only Way It Can; Burrowing Into Bedrock, Crews Carve Out a New Auditorium|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/30/nyregion/carnegie-hall-grows-only-way-it-can-burrowing-into-bedrock-crews-carve-new.html|access-date=November 14, 2014|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120115032/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/30/nyregion/carnegie-hall-grows-only-way-it-can-burrowing-into-bedrock-crews-carve-new.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kinneberg|first=Caroline|title=Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall|url=https://nymag.com/listings/attraction/Zankel-Hall/|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=NYMag.com|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306090014/https://nymag.com/listings/attraction/Zankel-Hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally called simply Recital Hall, this was the first auditorium to open to the public in April 1891. It had a balcony, elevated side galleries, a beamed ceiling, and removable seats.<ref name="nyt19980103">{{Cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Ralph|author-link=Ralph Blumenthal|date=January 3, 1998|title=In the Offing, Another Hall In Carnegie's Basement|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/03/arts/in-the-offing-another-hall-in-carnegie-s-basement.html|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819182657/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/03/arts/in-the-offing-another-hall-in-carnegie-s-basement.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The space was an oratorio hall capable of accommodating over 1,000 people, and it could double as a banquet hall.<ref name="p573484756" /><ref name="nyt19980103" /> There was a full kitchen service,<ref name="nyt19980103" /> as well as a [[dais]] on either side.<ref name="nyt18890719" /><ref name="rer18890720" /> The space was originally designed with dimensions of {{Convert|90|by|96|ft}}.<ref name="nyt18890719" /> Following renovations made in 1896, it was renamed Carnegie Lyceum. It was leased to the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in 1896, then converted into the Carnegie Hall Cinema in May 1961.<ref name="nyt20000130" /><ref name="Carnegie Hall 2" /> The venue became a performance space in 1997.<ref name="nyt20000130" /><ref name="UPI 2003">{{cite web|date=September 15, 2003|title=At Carnegie Hall, music goes underground|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/09/15/At-Carnegie-Hall-music-goes-underground/48201063666309/|access-date=August 21, 2021|website=UPI|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109212923/http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/09/15/At-Carnegie-Hall-music-goes-underground/48201063666309/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The completely reconstructed Zankel Hall opened in September 2003.<ref name=Muschamp>{{cite news|last=Muschamp|first=Herbert|author-link=Herbert Muschamp|title=Architecture Review; Zankel Hall, Carnegie's Buried Treasure|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 12, 2003|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/architecture-review-zankel-hall-carnegie-s-buried-treasure.html|access-date=November 14, 2014|archive-date=November 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120063142/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/12/movies/architecture-review-zankel-hall-carnegie-s-buried-treasure.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is accessed from Seventh Avenue,<ref name="UPI 2003" /> where there is a marquee.<ref name="nyt19990112">{{Cite news|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|author-link=Allan Kozinn|date=January 12, 1999|title=A New Stage and Lineup for Concerts at Carnegie|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/arts/a-new-stage-and-lineup-for-concerts-at-carnegie.html|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819182701/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/12/arts/a-new-stage-and-lineup-for-concerts-at-carnegie.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AR 2005-01">{{cite magazine|last=Weathersby| first=William Jr. |date=Jan 2005|title=Zankel Hall, New York City|url=https://usmodernist.org/AR/AR-2005-01.pdf|journal=Architectural Record|volume=193|pages=157–161|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127195114/https://usmodernist.org/AR/AR-2005-01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Two escalators lead to the balcony and orchestra levels.<ref name="UPI 2003" /> The venue could be arranged with either a center stage, an end stage, or no stage.<ref name="nyt19990112" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lewis|first=Julia Einspruch|date=Mar 1999|title=A new stage for a hallowed hall|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013161651&view=1up&seq=8|journal=Interior Design|volume=70|issue=4|page=35|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819182521/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013161651&view=1up&seq=8|url-status=live}}</ref> This is accomplished through the division of the floor into nine sections, each {{Convert|45|ft}} wide with a separate lift underneath.<ref name="Stern (2006) p. 733" /> There are 599 seats in Zankel Hall,<ref name="Page p. 18" /><ref name="Carnegie Hall 2" /> spread across two levels. The parterre level seats a total of 463 and the mezzanine level seats 136. Each level has several [[Box (theatre)|boxes]] perpendicular to the stage; there are 54 seats in six boxes on the parterre level and 48 seats in four boxes on the mezzanine level. The boxes on the parterre level are raised above the level of the stage. Zankel Hall is wheelchair-accessible. Its stage is {{convert|44|ft}} wide and {{convert|25|ft}} deep.<ref name="Carnegie Hall 2">{{cite web|last1=Carnegie Hall|title=Zankel Hall Rental|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/Rentals/Hall-Rentals/|access-date=May 5, 2015|ref=zankelrental|archive-date=September 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916075449/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Rentals/Hall-Rentals/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to the limited space available on the land lot, the construction of Zankel Hall required excavating {{Convert|8,000|ft3}} of additional basement space, at some points only {{Convert|10|ft}} under the Stern Auditorium's parquet level.<ref name="nyt20000130" /> The excavations descended up to {{Convert|22|ft}} below the original space's floor and came as close as {{Convert|9|ft}} to the adjacent subway tunnel.<ref name="UPI 2003" /> This also required the removal of twelve cast-iron columns holding up the Main Hall. In its place, a temporary framework of steel pipe columns, supporting [[I-beam]] girders and thick [[Neoprene]] insulation pads, was installed.<ref name="nyt20000130" /><ref name="Stern (2006) p. 733">{{harvnb|Stern|Fishman|Tilove|2006|ps=.|p=733}}</ref> [[JaffeHolden Acoustics]] installed the soundproofing, which filters out noise from both the street and the subway.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pogrebin|first=Robin|author-link=Robin Pogrebin|date=April 3, 2003|title=A New Underground at Carnegie, in More Ways Than One|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/03/arts/a-new-underground-at-carnegie-in-more-ways-than-one.html|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212817/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/03/arts/a-new-underground-at-carnegie-in-more-ways-than-one.html|url-status=live}}</ref> An elliptical concrete wall, measuring {{Convert|12|in}} wide, surrounds Zankel Hall and supports the Stern Auditorium. The elliptical enclosure measures {{Convert|114|ft}} long and {{Convert|76|ft}} wide.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|author-link=David W. Dunlap|date=May 5, 2002|title=When Expansion Leads to Inner Space|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/realestate/when-expansion-leads-to-inner-space.html|access-date=August 19, 2021|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819212819/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/realestate/when-expansion-leads-to-inner-space.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The walls are sloped at a 7-degree angle and contain sycamore paneling. The lighting and sound equipment is mounted from twenty-one trusses.<ref name="AR 2005-01" />

==== Weill Recital Hall ====
The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall is named after [[Sanford I. Weill]], a former chairman of Carnegie Hall's board, as well as his wife Joan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weill Recital Hall|url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/Building-Overview/Weill-Recital-Hall|access-date=August 18, 2021|website=Carnegie Hall|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709103819/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Weill-Recital-Hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> This auditorium, in use since the hall opened in 1891, was originally called Chamber Music Hall<ref name="nyt19870106">{{Cite news|last=Rockwell|first=John|author-link=John Rockwell|date=January 6, 1987|title=Weill Recital Hall Opens at Carnegie|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/06/arts/weill-recital-hall-opens-at-carnegie.html|access-date=August 18, 2021|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818152704/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/06/arts/weill-recital-hall-opens-at-carnegie.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was placed in the "lateral building" east of the main hall.<ref name="p573484756" /> The space later became the Carnegie Chamber Music Hall, and the name was changed to Carnegie Recital Hall in the late 1940s.<ref name="nyt19870106" /> The venue was renamed after Joan and Sanford I. Weill in 1986,<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06">{{Cite news |last=Holland |first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Holland|date=November 6, 1986 |title=Carnegie Recital Hall to Be Renamed|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/06/arts/carnegie-recital-hall-to-be-renamed.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821151421/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/06/arts/carnegie-recital-hall-to-be-renamed.html |archive-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref><ref name="n110349671">{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=Dawn |date=November 6, 1986 |title=Carnegie renames recital hall |page=137|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110349671/carnegie-renames-recital-halldawn-nash/ |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> reopening in January 1987.<ref name="nyt19870106" /><ref name="Stern (2006) p. 733" />

The recital hall is served by its own lobby, which contains a pale color palette with red geometric metalwork. Prior to a 1980s renovation, it shared a lobby with the main auditorium.<ref name="p424782471">{{cite news|last=Goldberger|first=Paul|date=September 8, 1983|title=Architecture: Carnegie Hall Restoration, Phase 1|page=C16|newspaper=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|424782471}}}}</ref> The Weill Recital Hall is the smallest of the three performance spaces, with a total of 268 seats.<ref name="Carnegie Hall 2" /><ref name="Stern (2006) pp. 732-733">{{harvnb|Stern|Fishman|Tilove|2006|ps=.|pp=732–733}}</ref><ref name="Carnegie Hall" /> The orchestra level contains 196 seats in fourteen rows, while the balcony level contains 72 seats in five rows.<ref name="Carnegie Hall">{{cite web|last1=Carnegie Hall|title=Weill Recital Hall|url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Weill-Recital-Hall/|access-date=May 5, 2015|ref=weillhall|archive-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709103819/https://www.carnegiehall.org/Information/Weill-Recital-Hall/|url-status=live}}</ref> The modern-day recital hall contains off-white walls and blue seats.<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06" /><ref name="n110349671" /> In the mid-20th century, the recital hall was decorated with red and gold, which was replaced in the 1980s with Palladian arches similar to those in the hall's original design. A [[proscenium]] arch made of plywood, as well as a paneled wall behind the stage, were installed after the recital hall's completion but were removed in the 1980s to improve acoustics.<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06" /><ref name="Stern (2006) pp. 732-733" /> The room has three chandeliers, which also amplify the room's acoustics.<ref name="nyt-1986-11-06" />

=== Other facilities ===
A boiler room was placed under the sidewalk on Seventh Avenue.<ref name="p573484756" /> A small electric generation plant for 5,300 lamps was also planned.<ref name="nyt18890719" /> At the ground level of the main hall was a lobby with gray marble [[Pilaster|pilasters]] and salmon-colored walls.<ref name="TL p. 145" /> Stores were added to the lobby in the 1940s.<ref name="NPS p. 3">{{harvnb|National Park Service|1962|ps=.|p=3}}</ref> The storefronts, as well as a restaurant at the corner of 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, were removed in a 1980s renovation.<ref name="p424782471" /><ref name="p135117567" /> Originally, there was a 150-seat dining room on the ground level below the Chamber Music Hall. Above the dining room, but below the venue itself, were parlors, cloak rooms, and restrooms.<ref name="p573484756" />

Above the Chamber Music Hall was a large chapter-room, a meeting room, a gymnasium, and twelve short-term "lodge rooms" in the roof.<ref name="p573484756" /> The 56th Street side of Carnegie Hall was designed with rooms for the choruses, soloists, and conductors, as well as offices and lodge rooms. On the roof of the 56th Street section were janitors' apartments. Three elevators, two on the 57th Street side and one on the 56th Street side, originally served the building.<ref name="p573484756" /> The addition at the corner of 56th Street and Seventh Avenue was arranged with offices, studios, and private music rooms.<ref name="p573728011" /><ref name="nyt18921228" />

The eighth floor of the main hall, which contained studios, was installed after the complex was completed.<ref name="NPS p. 3" /> There were a total of 133<ref name="nyt-1981-01-18">{{Cite news |last=Phelps |first=Timothy M. |date=January 18, 1981 |title=Carnegie Hall and Tenants Wrangle Over Rent Rises|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/18/nyregion/carnegie-hall-and-tenants-wrangle-over-rent-rises.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> or 150 studios, many of which doubled as living quarters.<ref name="Page p. 19">{{harvnb|Page|2011|p=19|ps=.}}</ref><ref name="n110355510" /> Over the years, personalities such as [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Isadora Duncan]], [[Martha Graham]], and [[Norman Mailer]] lived in the studios.<ref name="Page p. 19" /><ref name="n110355510">{{Cite news |last=Moritz |first=Owen |date=January 11, 1978 |title=Notes of Protest Sound in Aria of Carnegie Hall |page=184|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110355510/notes-of-protest-sound-in-aria-of/ |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> The spaces were designed for artistic work, with very high ceilings, skylights and large windows for natural light. Documents showed that Andrew Carnegie had always considered the spaces as a source of income to support the hall and its activities.<ref name="Page p. 19" /> After 1999, the space was re-purposed for music education and corporate offices. In 2007, the Carnegie Hall Corporation announced plans to evict the 33 remaining studio residents, including celebrity portrait photographer [[Editta Sherman]] and fashion photographer [[Bill Cunningham (American photographer)|Bill Cunningham]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Wendy|last=Goodman|title=Great Rooms: Bohemia in Midtown|url=http://nymag.com/homedesign/greatrooms/42385/|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=December 30, 2007|access-date=November 14, 2014|archive-date=January 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125204454/http://nymag.com/homedesign/greatrooms/42385/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jessica|last=Pressler|title=Editta Sherman, 96-Year-Old Squatter|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/editta_sherman_96-year-old_squ.html|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=October 20, 2008|access-date=November 14, 2014|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014183126/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/editta_sherman_96-year-old_squ.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The last resident, poet Elizabeth Sargent, moved out during 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slotnik |first=Daniel E. |date=April 22, 2017 |title=Elizabeth Sargent, 96, Poet and Last Tenant Above Carnegie Hall, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/nyregion/elizabeth-sargent-dead-last-resident-of-carnegie-hall.html |access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref>

The building also contains the Carnegie Hall Archives, established in 1986, and the [[Rose Museum]], which opened in 1991. The Rose Museum is east of the first balcony of the Stern Auditorium and has dark [[makore]] and light [[anigre]] paneling with brass edges, as well as columns with brass [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]], supporting a [[coffer]]ed ceiling. The Rose Museum space is separated from two adjacent rooms by sliding panels.<ref name="Arch 1992-03">{{cite magazine|last=Stephens|first=Suzanne|date=Mar 1992|title=Architectural Ethics|url=https://usmodernist.org/AJ/A-1992-03.pdf|journal=Architecture|page=75|access-date=August 21, 2021|archive-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821000546/https://usmodernist.org/AJ/A-1992-03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>