The Celeste Barthos Forum (Room 80)
...with its glass ceiling, is influenced directly by the reading room of the Bibliotheque Nationale (1856-75) [in Paris], designed by Henri Labrouste. [Source: Beaux-arts Architecture in New York: A Photographic Guide. P. 41]
Glass ceiling in the Celeste Bartos Forum of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The foot of the marble staircase inside the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Drinking fountain on the second floor, with a bronze lion's head
A marble wall panel in the Celest Bartos Forum
Thomas Jefferson's autograph copy of the Declaration of Independence
On display in the Celest Bartos Forum from June 27 to Thursday July 3, 2014
Here is the full document, from the NYPL's Digital Collections.
Here is a copy, from the NYPL Digitial Collections, of the top part of the document.
And here is a link to the transcript of the document.
Glass ceiling in the Celeste Bartos Forum of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building,
Showing the marble panels.
[All Photos By KPA, except for the excerpt of the Declaration of Independence]