 Hood's biographer conversely implied that the idea had not come from Patterson, who had supposedly been skeptical of the design with a globe.As originally configured, the rotunda was approached from the 42nd Street entrance to the north, as well as from a hallway on the southwest.The hallway led to two banks of elevators to the south, as well as a restaurant, and there were two storefronts flanking the rotunda, one each to the west and east.