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By Adrianne Jeffries 1/24/11 1:34am
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    Campus Map

    General Assembly includes classrooms, a library and a room to store bikes.

  • Back Forward Wall of Supporters

    Wall of Supporters

    A list of contributing companies on the wall at the entrance of General Assembly.

  • Back Forward Common Area

    Common Area

    The common area, also an event space, fits 200.

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    Common Area

    The sunny common room is the centerpiece of General Assembly's urban campus.

  • Back Forward Movable Ink's Vivek Sharma

    Movable Ink's Vivek Sharma

    Sharma in a rare moment between meetings and phone calls.

  • Back Forward Common Area

    Common Area

    General Assembly members talk shop or burrow into their laptops in the common area.

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    Common Area

    The first event hosted at General Assembly will be Music Hack Day, cosponsored by NYHacker, on Feb. 12.

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    Common Area

    Notable General Assembly members include Chris Hughes (cofounder of Facebook, now founder of Jumo), Hashable's Mike Yavonditte, Food52's Amanda Hesser (formerly of the New York Times) and TechStars mentor David Tisch.

  • Back Forward General Assembly Cofounder Adam Pritzker

    General Assembly Cofounder Adam Pritzker

    Pritzker cofounded General Assembly with Brad Hargreaves, Matthew O. Brimer and Jake Schwartz.

  • Back Forward Study Room

    Study Room

    Parts of General Assembly look like rooms you might find in a university library or a student center.

  • Back Forward South Work Area

    South Work Area

    Startups and entrepreneurs headquartered in General Assembly have dedicated desks in the southern wing.

  • Back Forward South Work Area

    South Work Area

    No cubicles here.

  • Back Forward Kitchen

    Kitchen

    General Assembly has plans for a meal plan and an in-house barista.

  • Back Forward Seminar Room

    Seminar Room

    Red lightbulbs over the doors indicate which seminar rooms are occupied.

  • Back Forward Media Room

    Media Room

    The conference rooms have whiteboard walls.

  • Back Forward Classroom

    Classroom

    General Assembly will offer courses on technology, design and other topics; for example IDEO (a global design and creative firm) will offer courses on Design Thinking.

  • Back Forward North Work Area

    North Work Area

    Startups and entrepreneurs working in the North Work Area overlooking 21st St.

  • Back Booth

    Booth

    Cushioned chairs with high walls can be pushed together for private conversations, naps or to spy on unaware colleagues.

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