The building and the auditorium were designed by Joseph Urban and were built in 1930. It was originally named after Bernhard Mayer the Bernhard Mayer Auditorium until 1993. Between 1993 and 2014 it was called the John L.Tishman Auditorium.
Unique egg-shaped auditorium in New School for Social Research, designed by Joseph Urban, upon which work will start immediately at 66-72 West Twelfth Street, to be ready for fall term. (text) [covered up] Peter A. Juley & Son Photographers of Fine Arts Since 1896 219 East 39th Street, New York City (mark)
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