Patrons seated in other areas of the theater, used separate entrances.
Only the seats for the orchestra level, the boxes and the Grand Tier were accessible through the main lobby. As it turns out, this seating location was important in terms of seeing the interior of the theater, as the old Met (like many theaters of its day) separated out those who had expensive seats from those who had cheap seats. The first time I went, the part of the theater I sat in was the Grand Tier (which, if I remember correctly, is the balcony directly above the one that containing the private boxes). Thought you might enjoy some of my observations about the old Met, which I visited twice as a kid (in part to see it before it was torn down).
As a lifelong New Yorker (and lifelong student of New York) who's old enough to remember the original Metropolitan Opera (albeit as a kid), I'm very impressed by your blog - I especially like the photos (which aren't the same ones that come up all the time).
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