It was held in the atrium of a building at Stetson University, and about 300 people were packed in pretty tightly.

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The fig plants are used to provide shade in the atrium of the building, which MPs use to hold meetings with constituents and other visitors.

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There were fears that the roof of the atrium was so high that the building would have its own weather and rain would fall on the guests.

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When it came time for new digs at Pixar, the animation studio he bought in 1986, Jobs wanted a huge building around a central atrium to encourage people to bump into one another.

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Patrons who cannot use the stairs are directed out of the restaurant and around the corner to an adjacent building on 62nd Street the Harmony Atrium, through which there is a route to the upper level of the restaurant.

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