- United Palace Theater
Infobox Theatre
name = United Palace Theatre
caption = South facade of the theatre
address = 4140 Broadway
city = New York City
country =
designation =
latitude = 40.84616
longitude = -73.93845
architect =Thomas W. Lamb
owner = Christ Community United Church
capacity = 3,293
type =
opened = 1930
yearsactive =
rebuilt =
closed =
othernames = Loew's 175th Street Theatre
production =
currentuse = Church; Live Music Hall
website = www.theunitedpalace.comThe United Palace theater, originally known as Loew's 175th Street Theatre, is one of the 3Loew's Wonder Theaters in New York City. Located at 175th Street and Broadway inManhattan ,New York City , the theatre was designed byThomas W. Lamb Citation
last = Dunlap
first =David W.
author-link =
title =Xanadus Rise to a Higher Calling
newspaper =The New York Times
pages =
year =2001
date =2001-04-13
url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E2DE1531F930A25757C0A9679C8B63 ] for vaudeville and movies and opened in 1930. When the theater opened, its auditorium was the third largest in the United States. [Renner, James. Images of America: Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.] Its architectural style is described by the "AIA Guide to New York City" as "Cambodian neo-Classical"White, N. & Willensky, E. (2000). "AIA Guide to New York City" (4th edition). New York: Three Rivers Press.] and by David W. Dunlap as "Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino- Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco."By the 1960's, after the great movie palaces had all closed down, the 175th St. Theatre was purchased by
Rev. Ike 's Christ United Church in 1969. The historic theatre has been exquisitely restored and is still maintained for concerts (performances in 2007 includedBjörk ,Citation
last = Atamian
first =Christopher
author-link =
title =‘Rite of Spring’ as Rite of Passage
newspaper =The New York Times
pages =
year =2007
date =2007-11-11
url =http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/arts/11atam.html ]Iggy and the Stooges andModest Mouse Citation
last = Dwyer
first =Jim
author-link = Jim Dwyer
title =With Indie Rock on 175th St., City’s Reinvention Rolls Uptown
newspaper =The New York Times
pages =
year =2007
date =2007-05-02
url =http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/nyregion/02about.html ] , The Black Crowes, The Arcade Fire, andSir Simon Rattle conducting theBerlin Philharmonic in "The Rite of Spring "), recitals, classes and lectures.While the church still owns the theater, the recently started rock concerts are put on by a third party, Andy Feltz, formerly of the
Beacon Theater .References
External links
* [http://www.theunitedpalace.com/ Official Website of the United Palace Theater (contains many photos of interior)]
* [http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/UnitedChurch.html NYC Organ Project, NYC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists]
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