Aeolian Hall

Aeolian Hall at the Aeolian Building designed by Warren & Wetmore c. 1912 at 33 West 42nd Street in New York City.  The building housed the Aeolian Company, manufacturer of pianos and organs, and the hall was built to seat 1,100 people and hosted a variety of concerts.  Aeolian sold the building to the Schulte Cigar Stores Company in 1924 and hired Warren & Wetmore to design a new headquarters at 689 Fifth Avenue which was completed in 1927.  This building is now home to the State University College of Optometry.  Click HERE for more on Aeolian Hall and HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the building.  Click HERE to see the building on google streetview.

  

Photos from Architectural Record, 1912.

Madison Square Garden

The second Madison Square Garden designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White c. 1890 at Madison Avenue and East 26th Street in New York City.  White kept an apartment in the Garden and the rooftop restaurant was the site of his murder by Harry K. Thaw in 1906.  Click HERE for the NYTimes article on the shooting.  The building was closed in 1925 and demolished to make way in 1926 for Cass Gilbert's New York Life Building.  Click HERE and HERE for more on the second Madison Square Garden.  Photo from the New York Public Library.

The Selwyn Theatre

 The Selwyn Theatre built for Archie and Edgar Selwyn by George Keister c. 1918 at 227 West 42nd Street in New York City.  The theatre eventually fell into disrepair and was taken by the City and State in 1990.  In 1997 the Roundabout Theatre Company began a renovation and the updated theatre was reopened as the American Airlines Theatre in 2000.  Click HERE to see what the Selwyn Theatre looks like today on google earth.

The Olympia Theatre

 The Olympia Theatre designed by William L. Mowll c. 1916 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.  Click HERE for more on the Olympia Theatre which has since been demolished.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1916.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music

 The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) designed by Herts & Tallant c. 1907 at 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn.  Click HERE for more and HERE to see the Brooklyn Academy of Music on google street view.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1908.

The Capitol Theatre

The Capitol Theatre designed by Thomas W. Lamb c. 1919 at 1645 Broadway in New York City. The movie house was acquired by Marcus Loew in 1924 and became the flagship Loew's Theatre. The final premiere (among many) the theatre hosted was Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in April 1968 (click HERE for video of the opening). The theatre closed in September of that year to be demolished and replaced with the Paramount Plaza building.

Exterior photo from the New York Public Library. Interior photos from Architecture & Building, 1920.

The Audubon Theatre

The Audubon Theatre designed by Thomas W. Lamb c. 1912 at Broadway and 165th Street in New York City. The ballroom at the theatre was the site of the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21, 1965. Click HERE for more and HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the theatre. The building has since been partially demolished, click HERE to see what remains on google street view.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1913.

The New York Hippodrome

The New York Hippodrome or Hippodrome Theatre designed by Frederic Thompson and Elmer Dundy c. 1905 on Sixth Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets in New York City. Click HERE for more on the Hippodrome which was unfortunately demolished in 1939.

Photos from American Architect & Architecture, 1905.