Editing Carnegie Hall (section)

=== 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" />