Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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HALLWAY This inclined corridor which leads to the various wings of the College of Industries establishes the character of the building which was the first of the Carnegie group. The camera has levelled the hallway, but Engineering and Industries students remember the uphill climb to the main entrance of Administration Hall.

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One of the few circular self-supporting masonry staircases in existence is located in Administration Hall, leading from the first floor to the Union. The Moorish form of construction of the Thirteenth Century has been followed. The ceilings and the walls of the stairs are finished in Guastavino tile. STAIRS II

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The complicated construction of the gymnasium is revealed in this ROOFS view from the Park Mansions. The recently completed Thistle Hall appears in the right foreground. The elliptical motive used in the entrance to the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College was inspired by similar treatment used in the Chateau Chantille.