Trays of fresh produce line the foyer, including dates and figs ($8 a pound), and select mushrooms like oysters, cèpes, mytoki and chanterelles (from $20 to $30 a pound).
This place, where all of the company's feature films were made, would not suit Pixar, but the cramped and slightly dated foyer, the dowdy boardroom… it feels extremely "Aardman" not to mind too much about these things.
But pick up your children from any play date in Westchester and the foyer will be cluttered with Cole Haan and Nine West, Sketchers and Prada, removed by the more considerate mothers as they gather their equally unshod children.
The façade, foyer and auditorium were designed by Edward Barry, and date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive £178 million reconstruction in the 1990s.
"Alexander the Great, in fact, had no passport or birth certificate," he said, sitting in the foyer of a government building brimming with relics dating back to the warrior king.
From birds to dates... Just inside the hotel foyer stands a man offering liquid refreshment to guests as they walk in out of the sun.
Echoing through the small foyer, a voice recites a series of years, interspersing dates from the early and late 20th century.
Center Church is noteworthy for the portrait of Town in its foyer and for its crypt (New Haven's first burying ground), with gravestones dating back to 1687.
This is the foyer to the foyer.
The foyer has checkered Italian marble floors.
