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where we'd been known to grab a drink. The impetus for the new set's inspiration is easy to understand as it was right in front of him every day. Joe took the lead on this idea compiling photos and research on every corner of the terminal. He was wholly invested in achieving an accurate, though scaled down, representation of the building's entrance for the hosts, and for the music sets track entrances inside the station. During that summer, Eugene, Leo and I went to see Joe at his studio, and he presented a model he'd been working on. It was all there, essentially what we saw that visit was what was built. While the music set has gone through a few variations, thematically the basic design has A. KEITH IAN RAYWOOD AND EUGENE LEE. MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS/NBC. B. THE CURRENT HOME BASE SET. DANA EDELSON/ NBC. C. "DINER LOBSTER" SKETCH. WILL HEATH/NBC. remained the same and over time has become the signature image of the show. Over the years, our department has grown in keeping up with the demands of the live show. We've added a full-time Art Director (Melissa Shakun), a Scenic Graphic Designer (Charlotte Harrison), and a researcher and assistant designer (Sabrina Lederer). Patrick Lynch recently joined as an Art Director as well. He had been Eugene's assistant theater designer in Providence for a number of years and started working with us as a draftsman the past few seasons. To remember Eugene simply as the original designer of SNL and A B C