Do you know any historical facts about Tischman Auditorium?

Question

I am having trouble finding people who know any historical facts about Tischman auditorium, located in NYC near Union Square. I went there several times but the people there don't really know anything about it.

Answer 1

Hope this helps:

"The New School for Social Research.
architect: Joseph Urban
location:66 West 12th Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth Aves.
date: 1930
style :International Style I
construction: brick
The New School's facade is more or less unchanged, but it has also been possible, at least up to now, for a casual visitor simply to enter unchallenged into the original auditorium - now officially the Tishman Auditorium of New School University. That egg-shaped room focuses on a broad, arched proscenium. Painted in nine tones of gray, the delicate, layered ceiling was restored in 1992 by the architect Rolf Ohlhausen. The auditorium is one of the city's great modern interiors - although in a 1931 article in the magazine The Arts, the young architect Philip Johnson criticized what seemed to him the irrationality of its design."

Hmm - did they redo it?

"On Sunday The New School opened up the small Arnhold Gallery, which in October 2005 was featuring murals by Sol LeWitt and silhouette art by Kara Walker. The school also opened its ultramodern Tishman Auditorium on Saturday."

Yes, they did:

"Tishman Auditorium, The New School, New York, New York, U.S.A.
"Joseph Urban, 1928 -- Restoration by Ohlhausen Dubois, 1995
One of the few surviving Urban architectural projects--an expressive, and exuberantly modernist landmark. Rolf Ohlhausen returned the interior to its original appearance while upgrading the auditorium for present-day use."

Ohlhausen DuBois Architects have worked extensively in New York City, the base of the practice
formed by Rolf Ohlhausen and Mark DuBois. Among their most acclaimed designs are the
Gatehouse performing arts space at Aaron Davis Hall; the Cooper Union Residence Hall; Danese
Gallery; and the renovation of the John L. Tishman Auditorium at New School University, all in
New York, as well as the Klein Residence in Santa Fe, dubbed “among the finest American home built for art."

Just in case you're interested in seeing the Klein Residence, the last link will take to to a photo.
Living in Santa Fe, I've seen it.