Leji: 10 May 1897. As the damp spring progresses
to a very wet summer, unknown artisans sculpt the
laurel wreaths beneath the parapet inside the
Roiunda. Columbiana Collection.

Below: 18 June 1897. Sophocles, Demosthenes,
Euripides and Augustus CVesar, two-dimensional
cartoons, poise as stand-ins where the heroic-size
sculptures would be placed. In all, sixteen statues
were planned. Only these four have stood guard
over the Rotunda for a century. Sophocles and
Euripides exchanged places when the sculptures
were installed. Columbiana Collection.

Fiicingpage, above: 23 June 1897. Gaslights dot the
curb along the south side of 116th Street. On the
north side, beyond the work shed, the mansard
roof of a Bloomingdale Asylum building is visible
through the trees. Willing hands of local youths
steady the brake, as the workmen prepare the mas¬
sive pink granite slab to be moved into place on
the plaza before the magnificent new library. The
only place where his name appears on the campus,
this slab is the signature stone of the architect,
Charles Follen McKim. It lies, centrally located, in
the midst of tiie structures and campus he
designed. Columbiana Collection.
 

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