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To the goal of social communion, the design included a 5,000 square foot grand foyer where audience members circulated before entering their respective venues. The major space in the building is the grand opera house, featuring two balconies and 2,200 seats. A concert hall, used for both musical concerts and lectures, had its entrance from the main lobby. This space has been subdivided into several movie theaters, but much of the original detail has been preserved. An ornate ballroom on the second floor was redesigned in 1973 as the Lepercq Space, an enormous "black box" theater, that was again redesigned in 1997 as a multi-purpose space housing BAMcafé. Part of the third floor, above the concert hall and to the east of the third balcony of the opera house, was reserved for the Brooklyn Institute's classrooms, offices, and a 400-seat lecture hall. The halls, offices, and classroom spaces still exist, but the lecture hall has been transformed into offices.

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