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Rooms in Occupying the lion's share of Currier run the gammut's basement is its ballroom, from a gargantuan double and some senior singles in the highone-of-a-ceilinged basement, to some sweet corner rooms kind social space on the higher floors, to the narrow but decent rooms off the center hall and center sides. Basement rooms with north facings have huge windows and very nice private balconies, which unfortunately nearly abut [[Route 2]]Williams campus.
*There is a strange stone face in the basement corner double.
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To a bird's eye, Currier is shaped like a blocky "C", with its arms opening east. Windows offer views in all directions, and the Currier 3rd floor rooms with a vista towards the [[mountains]] probably have the most beautiful views on campus. The west side of the building features a view of beautiful Berkshire Quad, and three balconies accessed by large French windows on the second floor. The outer two of these balconies attach to common rooms, but the center has the distinction of adjoining [[Currier C21]].
The idiosyncratic layout of Currier's interior gives rise to some strange features. Two very large stairwells of slate steps that provide access from the first to third floor occupy a large volume of the space inside. The stairwells divide Currier into north, center, and south suites, with about six rooms on each of these suites. The north- and south-west corner rooms are quite coveted for their size, light, and views of the quad.
The common areas on the top three floors are like the negative space amidst the odd positioning of Currier's rooms. The center halls of the second and third floors have no common space of their own at all; the first has an enormous room that is typically the house gathering space. On the north and south ends of the buildings, common areas take a different shape depending on the floor. The second floor's are quite awkward, and defy description. See the plan [http://wso.williams.edu/plans/floor?id=24 here], or just imagine a rectangular room with a big bite taken out of the top.
=== The Basement ===
The crown jewel of the basement is, without a doubt, the [[#The Ballroom|ballroom]], which deserves its own section below.
Rooms in Currier are high-ceilinged and generally large, with the most coveted facing north and featuring balconies that, unfortunately, nearly abut [[Route 2]]. Champion among basement quarters is the gargantuan double in the northwest corner, which has an old (sealed) fireplace above which is fixed a large stone face.
=== The Ballroom ===
==Inhabitants==
*Currier Ballroom once housed the [[WARP]] stash: a collection of weapons, shields, and other armaments used for [[bop-swording]].
*The roof of the Currier Ballroom is the easiest to access on campus. Climb through the window of the spiral staircase room and there you are! Great for a house party, sunbathing, and making a snow sculpture in a strange place for (half) your dormmates to see.
