In this full floor build-out at Rockefeller Center, we opened up an East-West axis running through the elevator lobby and reception area with views to the magnificent cityscape beyond. It allows visitors as well as employees to easily orient themselves in this otherwise challenging space dominated by the building's service core. Rather than deny the core's prominence we chose to emphasize it using the client's collection of old Federal Reporter books, which were going to be thrown out. The books were cut up and mounted at eye level to form an abstract 10 centimeter-high, 40 meter-long band running around the core. Furthermore, the soffit defining all open spaces around the core was lowered to accommodate ducting, equipment, and wiring, creating a strong juxtaposition to the exposed, eleveted slab ceilings of all perimeter offices.