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A New Theater, the story of how the Ford Center was built

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The Lobby

Photographer: Adam Stoltman
Garth Drabinsky knew that seeing a Broadway show in some New York playhouses could be a claustrophia-inducing experience. So the chairman and chief executive of Livent -- the Toronto-based theatrical production company that owns the Ford Center -- sought a generously-sized lobby for his new theater.

The structure that houses the lobby is three stories tall and occupies the space that once contained the entire Lyric Theater. The centerpiece of the lobby is its two-story rotunda, which is ringed by columns and a cast-iron balcony. Just above the first landing of the staircase is a four-and-a-half-foot plaster medallion of Zeus, which once crowned the proscenium boxes of the Lyric.

Adorning the center of the first floor are mosaic masks of Tragedy and Comedy. More than 172,000 tiles make up the masks, which were created by 18 artisans in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

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