Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Upstairs at DAB

 You might remember a bit ago I made it up to the 4 1/2 floor of the Administration Building and took some photos. Today, with a custodian escorting me, I saw the fifth and sixth (yes, there are six floors) of the Administration Building.
First, here's the view out the windows on the fifth floor. This is out the front of the building, looking towards downtown (you can see City Hall's tower if you look closely):

Here's the view out the Chatham Street side of the building, looking towards Chandler Street:
What I didn't do, alas, was take any photos of the inside of this big-high ceilinged room, which still has chalkboards on the walls. Yes, this was a classroom when this was Classical High School (and it's a room reuning classes often want to visit, consequently).
The fifth floor goes up to the top of the flat part of those tall windows in the front of the building. There's a steep flight of stairs that goes up against the interior wall to the sixth floor:

Gorgeous, isn't it?
The floor is not the best, so I didn't go across the room, which looks like this:

The ladder/stairs goes up to the flat-roofed tower, where there is a weathervane (and no, I didn't venture up there; I'm told that seldom does anyone!).
The window next to the stairs looks out over Irving Street:
Pretty cool, huh?

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