Some pics of the ESB's glorious lobby:
![](http://archrecord.construction.com/news/OnTheBoards/images/0706BeyerBlinderBelle.jpg)
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![](http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/empire-state-building.jpg)
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![](http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/756/213820.JPG)
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That's the drop ceiling they're talking about removing. If the ceiling mural is anything like the one those gold ones in the side corridors, it should be a breathtaking restoration! One wonders who the enterprising purveyor of modernist good taste was that thought this would be an improvement over a glorious Art Deco ceiling mural!