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"Old" Metropolitan Opera House

Location

New York, NY
United States
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Location: 
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Description

In 1880, dissatisfied with the location and seating capacity of the 1854 Academy of Music opera house near Union Square, a group of wealthy businessmen opted to build their own. In all, 70 shareholders provided the $1.7 million required to buy the land and build the opera house at 39th and Broadway1.

  • 1. Ed Dinger. "The Metropolitan Opera" [http://www.answers.com/topic/metropolitan-opera] Accessed: June 29, 2009

Save the Helen Hayes

Gratz, R.  1979.  Save the Helen Hayes. New York Magazine.

Broadway Theatre Zoning District

Location

West 41st Street to West 57th Street, between 6th and 8th Avenues
New York City, NY
United States
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Location: 
West 41st Street to West 57th Street, between 6th and 8th Avenues
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General Description and Significance Type

The Broadway Theater District originated in the early 1900s as theaters began to move from Union Square and Madison Square Garden further uptown to the Times Square area because of its cheaper real estate. Two of the earliest Broadway theaters, New Amsterdam and Lyceum, were built in 1903. The Lyceum Theater was designed in a Beaux Arts style by Herts and Tallant1.

  • 1. Staff. "Lyceum Theatre New York City Landmarks Designation Report." November 26, 1974.