Catherine M. Cahill, the president and chief executive of the philharmonic, said the orchestra would use the second floor for administrative offices and the first floor for educational and cultural activities: workshops for children, training sessions for teaching fellows, recitals and weekend activities, for example.
Another complication: Rodriguezs husband, Francisco, a recording artist, wanted to use the second floor of the building for his studio.
Please understand that this is done out of an abundance of caution, as there is absolutely no way* you may, say, stumble onto an improperly secured cache of botulinum toxin while using the third-floor break room.
They would use the fourth floor and leave it a mess.
Peter Greenwood of Avon, who bought the building for $97,000, said he planned to use the first floor as his studio and extend the choir loft into a full second floor to be used as a gallery to exhibit and sell his glass bowls, plates, lamps, chandeliers, wall sculptures, furniture and other items.
Rodney McMillian uses the first floor galleries to stage an exploration of wealth and poverty through sculpture and painting.
It happened the same day as a smallish crowd of pro-Mubarak supporters tried to celebrate his birthday outside of the state TV building (a favorite spot for demonstrations; soldiers use the first-floor balconies as watchtowers in case of serious trouble) and clashed with a rival crowd.
It has also saved space with innovations like a mobile rack, that resembles those dry cleaners use, on the second floor ceiling that moves mannequins and clothes.
Marom was issued with a prohibition order in February 2012 banning the use of the second floor room of the house.
Gibby Haynes, an artist and the lead singer of the band Butthole Surfers, will use space on the second floor to make a series of paintings for an upcoming show.
