did not fit with his vision. On either side of the Fifth Avenue entrance pavilion, there are alcoves with sculptures of figures inside them, followed by five bays of windows. Each bay contains arched windows on the first floor and rectangular windows on the second floor, above which is an attic with a marble balustrade. According to architecture critic Henry Hope Reed Jr., the balustrade is similar to that at Versailles's Grand Trianon. The bays are separated by Corinthian columns. The alcoves on the Fifth Avenue facade contained figures sculpted by Frederic MacMonnies, representing beauty and wisdom. These figures sit above small fountains inside the alcoves. They were shut off from 1942 and 1957, and again from the 1980s to 2015. The outer ends of the facade are treated as end pavilions. Barnard designed pediments for the end pavilions, which represented the arts and history; they are slightly asymmetrical and resemble the pediment above the main entrance. The corner pavilions also contain rusticated quoins as well as stone piers. Northern and southern elevations The northern and southern facades of the building are located along 42nd and 40th Streets, respectively. The northern and southern elevations were treated as side elevations, and the windows on these elevations illuminate secondary spaces inside the library. Both elevations measure 11 bays wide and are nearly identical to each other. Cornices run above the northern and southern elevations, connecting the primary elevations on Fifth Avenue and Bryant Park. The northern side contains an entrance to the ground level, while the southern side was not built with a public entrance. The northern entrance is at the center of that elevation and is topped by a pediment. The northern entrance is flanked by flagpoles whose sculpted bronze bases were designed in 1912 by Thomas Hastings. They were realized by the sculptor Raffaele Menconi, who often worked closely with New York architects of the Beaux-Arts generation. Each of the bronze bases is supported by four tortoises and contains cast-bronze ornament, in addition to personifications of conquest, civilization, discovery, and navigation. The bronzes were cast at Tiffany Studios in Long Island City. They are dedicated to New York's former Reform mayor, John Purroy Mitchell. The building contained an enclosed courtyard on its south side called the South Court, measuring . It was originally a drop-off location for horse carriages. The court contained a marble fountain and horse trough, with a