National Maritime Union President Joseph Curran approvingly called the building "the box in which the Guggenheim Museum came.
[1][4][5] Their double-height ceilings were later removed and replaced with spaces for outpatient clinics and offices,[6] but they were restored in the 2014–2016 renovation.
[7] It was sold in 1974 and became the Edward and Theresa O'Toole Medical Services Building,[7] part of Saint Vincent's Hospital.
[10][11] It was renovated into a 24-hour emergency care facility[1][4] called the Phyllis and William Mack Pavilion,[7] and reopened in 2014.
[2] A challenge during the renovation was to adapt the traditional orthogonal layout of an emergency room to the circular footprint of the ground floor.