They followed the arrow pointing toward Blaine's berth, entering what had to be a grand concourse.
Also notable was the use of a large translucent wall above the grand concourse facing the registers.
The work will leave untouched the most remarkable section of the building, its second floor, which is 470 feet long and called the "grand concourse."
Here were the forges of Thorin, a hundred feet below the grand concourse which was the city's central district.
The proposal includes exhibition galleries, theater spaces, a series of education and meeting rooms, a grand hall for large public meetings and a grand concourse.
They stepped out onto the grand concourse of the main storage vault.
On the grand concourse of the World Wide Web, though, such measures hardly even serve as speed bumps.
Although a planned grand concourse would remain, the intermodal hall would be moved across Eighth Avenue.
And there was a splendid plate-glass office built out from the wall of the grand concourse.
There are two dining areas, one an informal cafe off an open kitchen that overlooks the grand concourse.