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United Palace
Loew's 175th Street Theatre
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United Palace
Address4140 Broadway (between West 175th and 176th streets)
Washington Heights, Manhattan
New York City
United States
Coordinates 40°50′47″N73°56′17″W / 40.846412°N 73.938193°W / 40.846412; -73.938193
OwnerUnited Palace of Spiritual Arts [1]
Capacity 3,350
Current usechurch, concert hall/performing arts center, cinema (classic movies)
Construction
Opened1930
Architect Thomas W. Lamb
Website
www.unitedpalace.org
DesignatedDecember 13, 2016
Reference no.0656

The United Palace (originally Loew's 175th Street Theatre) is a theater at 4140 Broadway in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The theater, occupying a full city block bounded by Broadway, Wadsworth Avenue, and West 175th and 176th Streets, functions both as a spiritual center and as a nonprofit cultural and performing arts center. The architect, Thomas W. Lamb, designed the theater as a movie palace, which opened on February 22, 1930, as one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City area. The theater's interior decor, incorporating elements of numerous architectural styles, was supervised by Lamb and Harold Rambusch.

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The theater was built specifically to present films and live shows, although the live shows were discontinued shortly after the theater opened. The theater operated until 1969, when the television evangelist Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike, acquired it. The theater became the headquarters of his United Church Science of Living Institute and was renamed the United Palace. Latin American music acts began using the theater in the 1990s, and the United Church began renting the theater out as an event venue in 2007. Various parts of the theater, such as the movie screen and sound system, have been upgraded gradually during the 2010s and 2020s.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building as a city landmark in 2016. The church is called the United Palace of Spiritual Arts, and it offers performing arts events through the United Palace of Cultural Arts. When the Loew's 175th Street Theatre was in operation, Hollywood stars appeared at the theater to host films. In addition to concerts, the theater hosts other events such as graduation ceremonies, film shoots, meetings, recording sessions, and graduation ceremonies. Critics have written about the mixture of architectural styles used in the building's design.

Architecture

The theater was designed by Thomas W. Lamb [2] [3] and occupies a full city block in Washington Heights, Manhattan, between Broadway, 175th Street, Wadsworth Avenue, and 176th Street. [4] [5] The structure is divided into two sections: the auditorium portion, which occupies much of the block, and the retail and office portion, which occupies the northwestern corner and runs parallel to Broadway. [5] The Loew's 175th Street Theatre was one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City area, [6] [7] along with the Loew's Jersey in Jersey City, the Loew's Kings in Brooklyn, the Loew's Paradise in the Bronx, and the Loew's Valencia in Queens. [8] [9] Along with the Valencia and Paradise, the United Palace is one of three Wonder Theatres that are used as churches in the 21st century. [10] The United Palace was also the last Wonder Theatre to be completed and the only one without a specific architectural style. [11] [12]

The United Palace is one of three theaters in New York state that were designed by Lamb with Asian–influenced decorations. The other two theaters are the State Theatre in Syracuse and the Pitkin Theatre in Brooklyn; [13] [14] the designs of both the 175th Street and Pitkin theaters are derived partially from the State Theatre. [15] The United Palace's design also incorporates elements of Aztec, Classical, Egyptian, Islamic, Mayan, and Mughal architecture. [16] [17] Lamb himself wrote that "Exotic ornaments, colors and scenes are particularly effective in creating an atmosphere in which the mind is free to frolic and becomes receptive to entertainment." [3] [16] At the time of the United Palace's construction, the American public was increasingly becoming interested in Asian culture. [11] A writer for The New York Times Magazine stated that the design may have been inspired by both the Alhambra palace and the Kailasa Temple. [18]

Facade

The United Palace has an ornate terracotta facade. [5] [19] Similarly to the Pitkin Theater, the United Palace's facade is decorated with niches, pilasters, and panels with curving and geometric motifs; [20] the facade also bore similarities to that of the demolished Loew's Triboro Theatre in Queens. [21] The facade is decorated with hexagonal shapes in a pattern known as muqarnas . [22] [20] There is a cupola or prayer tower on the building's northeast corner, topped by a star. [11] [23] The elaborate ornamentation was intended to entice patrons inside. The historian Ben M. Hall wrote that the theater was "built to be viewed—and admired—from all sides" because there were decorations on all four elevations of the facade. [5]

Auditorium portion

The entrance protrudes from the western, or Broadway, elevation of the facade. The theater's entrance is at the southern end of the facade's Broadway elevation. There is a marquee wrapping around the chamfer at the theater's southwest corner. Underneath the marquee are two recessed sets of doors made of bronze and glass, as well as a soffit with lights. Between the two sets of doors are a ticket booth with a marble base and bronze frames, topped by cusped arches. There are rusticated blocks with elaborate terracotta ornamentation on either side of the doorways, as well as a signboard above the doorways. [24] Above the marquee is a terracotta panel shaped like a ziggurat. The central panel, in turn, is flanked by two pairs of pilasters with ornate capitals, and there is a niche between each pair of pilasters. A vertical sign is mounted in front of the pilasters to the right (south). The top of the entrance pavilion on Broadway is decorated with an elaborate parapet. There is a smaller two-story pavilion to the left (north) of the main entrance, which has display cases at ground level and a pointed arch with a niche on the second story. [24]

The auditorium has a seven-story-high facade on 176th Street to the north, which occupies the eastern portion of the block. At ground level are four doorways, some display cases, and recessed panels surrounded by terracotta frames. The westernmost portion of the auditorium facade on 176th Street contains windows on the second through seventh stories. The rest of the facade has no windows. Terracotta pilasters divide the upper stories vertically into several wide bays, and the theater's cupola rises above the eastern bay. [23] The eastern elevation on Wadsworth Avenue has rusticated facade at ground level, with doorways and blind window openings. The upper section of the Wadsworth Avenue facade has a fire escape but is otherwise similar in design to the remaining elevations of the facade. [23] The marquee above the main entrance on Broadway wraps around to the southern elevation on 175th Street. [23]

Retail and office portion

The northern portion of the Broadway elevation is part of the retail and office section. At the southern end of this section (just to the left of the main theater entrance) is a recessed double door. [24] The rest of the ground-level facade on Broadway has storefronts with roller shutters. [25] There are window sills with foliate ornament beneath the second-story windows. The windows on that story are separated by pilasters. There are ornamental bands atop the second-story windows, with foliate ornament, geometric motifs, and rosettes. A pitched roof runs above the second story. [24] The northwestern corner of the building has a chamfered corner. The western section of the 176th Street elevation, to the north, is similar in design to the northern portion of the Broadway elevation, except that there is an asymmetrical entrance, and the ground story lacks storefronts on 176th Street. [23]

Interior

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The proscenium and stage of the United Palace; the stage is set up for an orchestral performance
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Lamb collaborated on the interior design with Harold Rambusch, [19] [21] who had also designed the interiors of Radio City Music Hall and the Waldorf Astoria New York. [11] [12] Rambusch, who regarded movie palaces as "social safety valves", sought to use the theater's elaborate ornamentation to attract visitors. [17] The interior was originally described as being designed in the "Indo-China" style, [26] with Asian–inspired decorations. [7] There are hand-carved and filigreed walls and ceilings, [18] [11] along with Louis XV and XVI furnishings. [11] [27] The spaces are illuminated by indirect, recessed lighting from within and behind the walls, [27] in addition to large Baroque–style chandeliers. [18] The building retains its original elevator, which is accessible upon special request and has red-and-gold walls and a sky-blue ceiling. [12]

Lobby and secondary spaces

The lobby is a double-height space with balconies surrounding it. [16] A grand staircase connects the ground level with the mezzanine. [18] [28] At the top of the staircase is a silhouette of a goddess with rays emanating from behind her. [21] There is an Oriental–styled mezzanine promenade behind the auditorium, [29] which is decorated with paintings, sculptures, and other artwork. [30] The wall has balconettes that are designed to resemble brass grilles, though they are made of plaster. [21] The mezzanine level also has a men's smoking lounge. When Reverend Ike converted the theater into a church in 1969, the smoking lounge became a personal library before later becoming a meeting area. A similar women's lounge. on the same level, was later used for storage. [12]

Auditorium

The auditorium, designed in the Byzantine and Romanesque styles, [16] seated over 4,000 people in its heyday. [26] [31] The seating capacity has been downsized over the years to about 3,400 seats by the 21st century. [18] [19] [a] The seats are spread across a parterre-level orchestra and a balcony level. The balcony itself is split into three sections: a main balcony, an upper loge, and a lower loge. [35] There are niches decorated with bodhisattvas. The auditorium also has rosettes, acanthus leaves, and tendril motifs that depict birds, cherubs, lions, centaurs, griffins, and buraqs. [17]

The auditorium originally was a single-screen theater, [37] with a wide screen similar to those in the other Wonder Theaters. [38] It had a double stage and three lifts in the orchestra pit. The orchestra lifts could be raised to create an extension of the theater's stage. [29] [39] There were also large openings below the stage to allow scenery to be moved. [30] [40] Like the other Wonder Theaters, the Loew's 175th Street featured a "Wonder Morton" theater pipe organ manufactured by the Robert Morton Organ Company of Van Nuys, California. [28] [4] The organ featured a console with four manuals and 23 ranks of pipes. [28] The United Palace's organ, which is seven stories high, is the only Wonder Theater organ that remains in use. [41] Events featuring "Live Organ" accompaniment used an electronic organ. [28] After World War II, the organ was sealed for 25 years and was not rediscovered until 1970. [11] The piano, chairs, and organ could be moved to make way for scenery. [30] [40]

History

Movie palaces became common in the 1920s between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression. [42] [43] In the New York City area, only a small number of operators were involved in the construction of movie palaces. Relatively few architects were responsible for these theaters' designs, including legitimate theater architects Thomas Lamb, C. Howard Crane, and John Eberson. [42] By the late 1920s, numerous movie palaces were being developed in outlying neighborhoods in New York City; previously, the city's movie palaces had been concentrated in Midtown Manhattan. [44]

Development

In 1924, Len Cohen of Loew's Inc. began acquiring property on the city block between Broadway, 175th Street, Wadsworth Avenue, and 176th Street. Cohen spent three years and hundreds of thousands of dollars buying the rest of the city block through 1927. [45] The theater was one of several structures built around the eastern terminus of the George Washington Bridge to northern New Jersey, which was developed around the same time. [46] Loew's had specifically chosen the site because it was in a growing middle-class neighborhood, close to two New York City Subway stations at 175th Street/Fort Washington Avenue and 181st Street/St. Nicholas Avenue. [45] After the assemblage had been completed, Cohen sold the sites in February 1928 to the Highbridge Realty Corporation, which was controlled by Loew's Inc. president Nicholas Schenck [45]

Lamb was hired to design the theater, [2] and he filed plans for the structure with Manhattan's Bureau of Buildings in March 1928. [47] [48] Originally, the theater was supposed to be one story tall [48] and was planned to cost an estimated $1.25 million. [49] The Aronberg-Fried Company was hired to construct the theater in May 1929. [50] [b] Loew's initially considered naming the venue the Marcus Loew Memorial Theatre but ultimately decided against it. [51] After ten thousand people suggested names for Loew's theater on 175th Street in early 1930, Loew's decided to name it the Loew's 175th Street Theatre. [52] A week before the Loew's 175th Street was to be dedicated, the opera singer Tito Schipa was invited to test out the acoustics, and a large American flag (dubbed the theater's official flag [53] ) was draped over the building. [45] [53] The Loew's 175th Street cost $3 million in total to construct. [54] It had numerous ground-level storefronts, many of which had been leased out prior to the theater's opening. [46] The theater was one of several large movie palaces in Upper Manhattan, which, in 1930, had 5% of the borough's population but nearly 20% of its movie palaces. [55]

1930s to 1960s

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The theater's cupola

The theater opened on February 22, 1930, [31] [56] to coincide with the observance of Washington's birthday. [54] The opening was marked by a Boy Scouts parade through Washington Heights. [56] Initially, the Loew's 175th Street screened films and live stage shows; the first program included the MGM film Their Own Desire and the musical revue Pearls. [31] The theater's first month was less profitable than expected, [57] and the Loew's 175th Street stopped presenting stage shows in April 1930. [58] When the George Washington Bridge opened in 1931, Loew's considered re-adding stage shows as a result of increased patronage from New Jersey residents. [59] These stage shows originally opened on Saturdays and ran for one week. In September 1932, the shows were rescheduled to open on Fridays instead. [60] To attract visitors, and amid a decline in the number of newly released films, Loew's considered hosting vaudeville shows at the theater in 1936. [61] Starting in 1939, Loew's reduced ticket prices for films at the 175th Street Theatre during weekends. [62]

Loew's implemented a new schedule of film screenings in 1942, in which the theater displayed three double features every two weeks, rather than two double features every week. [63] Following a 1948 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, Loew's Theaters was forced to split up its film-production and film-exhibition divisions. [20] As part of the split, Loew's Theatres was compelled to sell either the 175th Street Theatre or the nearby Rio Theatre; [64] [65] however, the sale was allowed to be deferred based on whether there was another theater in the neighborhood that screened first-run films. [65] In 1953, a stereophonic sound system was installed behind the screen. [66] The Loew's 175th Street Theatre and all of Loew's other theaters were taken over by Loew's Theatres Inc. the next year, while the production division was spun off into Loew's Inc. [20] The theater screened many films in the years after World War II, including musicals, dramas, epics, and comedies. [67]

Meanwhile, by the 1960s, Loew's Theaters Inc. had begun to struggle financially, and the chain closed some of its larger theaters due to high expenses. Despite these difficulties, Loew's Theaters Inc. initially tried various tactics to keep the 175th Street Theatre open. [68] In 1960, Loew's installed an automatic box office machine called Vendaticket at the theater, which sold tickets to patrons. [68] [69] The chain also hosted other events at the theater; [68] for example, American football games were screened there in 1964. [70] However, the theater struggled financially, particularly since it could no longer rely on getting new films from Loew's production studio. [68] Under Loew's management, the 175th Street Theatre screened its last film, 2001: A Space Odyssey , in 1969. [28] [68] That April, the televangelist Frederick J. "Reverend Ike" Eikerenkoetter II and his wife watched 2001: A Space Odyssey there. Reverend Ike was so enamored with the theater's design that he asked to buy it so he could move in the next day. [68]

1970s to 2000s

In April 1969, Reverend Ike paid $600,000 for the theater [68] [71] and renamed the building the United Palace. [72] Reverend Ike took a $300,000 mortgage loan from the Loew's Theatre and Realty Corporation. and he paid Loew's the same amount. [73] He converted the United Palace into a building for his congregation, [74] a non-denominational church called the United Church, Science of Living Institute. [75] [76] Over the next several years, Reverend Ike spent $2 million redecorating the theater in the Louis XV style, and he paid off the mortgage five years before it was scheduled to come due. [77] The congregation also began restoring the theater's pipe organ, which was dedicated as the Robert Morton Organ. [78] At the time, the United Palace was one of the few movie palaces in New York City that retained their original organs. [79] The structure was also sometimes referred to as the Palace Cathedral [80] [81] and the Christ Community United Church. [82]

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) considered designating the theater as a landmark in 1970. However, United Palace objected to the proposal, and the landmark status was not granted at that time. [83] [84] The mortgage on the United Palace building had been paid off by 1973, [85] five years ahead of schedule. [77] At the congregation's peak in the 1970s, the theater attracted up to 5,000 congregants per service, [77] [86] and the church had millions more followers around the world. [76] [80] [86] The majority of congregants were black. [77] [85] Reverend Ike gave sermons from the theater's stage every weekend, [85] [87] and he also hosted annual prayer meetings at the United Palace. [88] The theater hosted other church activities as well, including seminars, counseling, and yoga lessons. [85] The congregation started to shrink in the 1990s, [89] and Latin American music acts began performing at the theater in the 1990s. [71] Even so, the church continued to spend several million dollars on the theater's upkeep over the years. [67] The historian Warren G. Harris said that Reverend Ike "always took good care of" the theater, keeping the original decorations intact. [82] The tower at the theater's northeast corner was the only part of the theater that Reverend Ike substantially modified. [68] [90]

By the 2000s, the United Palace was nicknamed the "Latin Radio City Music Hall" and hosted salsa concerts, bachata concerts, and some film screenings. [34] It also hosted other events including fashion shows and graduation ceremonies. [81] After Reverend Ike retired in 2007, his son Xavier Eikerenkoetter took over the congregation. [80] [89] The main auditorium was renovated to accommodate events around that time, [91] and the Eikerenkoetter family began renting out the theater for events. [19] [92] The United Palace rapidly gained popularity as an indie music venue starting in March 2007, hosting ten sold-out indie music performances in six weeks. [71] Despite the theater's popularity, visitors criticized the poor acoustics of the auditorium, which tended to cause echoes. [93]

2010s to present

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The theater's balcony and right wall

By the 2010s, the congregation met in a small storefront, while the main auditorium was used as a performance venue. [89] [41] At the time, Xavier estimated that about 100 congregants met there every Sunday. [89] Xavier Eikerenkoetter founded the United Palace of Cultural Arts (UPCA) in 2012 to present events and shows at the theater. [94] The next year, UPCA executive director Mike Fitelson launched a campaign to raise money for a 50-foot screen and digital projection system in the theater. [89] [95] [96] The fundraiser was organized in response to the 2011 closure of the Coliseum, the only multiplex theater in the area. [95] Local resident and librettist Lin-Manuel Miranda, who first visited the theater that year while staging a special performance of his musical In the Heights , helped with the fundraising effort. [17] The UPCA solicited donations through the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, [89] [97] and they had raised $50,000 toward the screen's installation by August 2013. [41] [98] The theater had started screening films again by October 2013; [99] to reward donors, the UPCA screened the film Casablanca at the theater that November. [100] It continued to host other events such as film shoots, concerts, meetings, recording sessions, and graduation ceremonies. [4]

In late 2015, the LPC hosted a public hearing on whether to designate the United Palace as a city landmark. This was part of a review of 95 listings that had been calendared by the LPC for several decades but never approved as city landmarks. [101] The LPC agreed to consider the United Palace for landmark designation in February 2016. [102] The exterior was made a New York City designated landmark on December 13, 2016; [103] [104] however, the interior was ineligible for landmark preservation because the LPC does not give interior-landmark designations to houses of worship. [105] The church opposed the landmark designation, citing the added cost and time to do any work on the building, use restrictions, and their fifty-year history of preserving the theater entirely with private funds. [106] The church attempted to have the designation overturned [107] but later withdrew its objections. [108] City councilman Ydanis Rodríguez also considered voting against the landmark designation after discussing it the theater's owners, [106] [109] though he ultimately endorsed the designation, allowing the full New York City Council to approve the designation. [110]

Miranda donated $100,000 to the theater in 2016 for the addition of a projector. [111] [112] [113] At the time, there were plans to raise another $300,000 for a new sound system. [112] [113] [114] Miranda launched an Indiegogo fundraiser to raise the necessary funds. [113] The same year, the New York Theater Organ Society began restoring the United Palace's organ, [115] which had sustained water damage over the years; [11] the restoration of the organ was completed in 2019. [116] The United Palace was temporarily shuttered in early 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. [117] During the closure, workers renovated the theater's interior and added a new sound system. [118] Audio Spectrum Inc. installed speakers behind the balcony, which previously had poor acoustics. [35] [119] Following these renovations, the United Palace reopened in December 2021. [118]

Operators

The United Palace of Cultural Arts (UPCA) was founded in 2012 [94] and has been designated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization since 2013. [120] [121] In fiscal year 2022, it recorded revenue of $92,800, expenses of $149,000, assets of $74,600, and liabilities of $38,300. [121] The UPCA functions as a community arts center, producing performances for youth arts organizations through grants and fundraisers. [122] The UPCA gives music lessons to local children as part of its Harmony Program. [123] In addition, the UPCA began hosting a monthly film series called Sundays at the Palace in 2014; [124] the idea for the series had come from Miranda, who wanted the theater to host the series annually. [125] Every year, the theater screens six films. [126]

The United Palace's operations also include the United Palace House of Inspiration (later United Palace of Spiritual Arts [127] ), which is responsible for the church, and the United Palace Theatre, which oversees theatrical events. [128] The church is a non-denominational spiritual arts community [129] and is also registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, having held this status since 1986. [130]

Notable performances and films

When the Loew's 175th Street Theatre was in operation, Hollywood stars appeared at the theater to host films, including Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Roy Rogers, and Dale Evans. [19] [131] In addition, Herman Bing performed there in 1937, [132] as did Ed Sullivan in 1946, [133] Al Jolson in 1949, [134] and Alan Freed and his Rock 'n Roll Stage Show in 1958. [135] After the theater was converted into a church, it hosted events such as recitals by the American Theatre Organ Society, [136] as well as a 2003 performance of the Christmas pageant Nativity: A Life Story. [137]

Musical performers since the 2000s have included bands such as the Allman Brothers Band, [138] Arcade Fire, [139] Aventura, [140] Fleet Foxes, [141] Lady A, [142] Monsters of Folk, [143] Return to Forever, [144] The Stooges, [138] and Vampire Weekend. [145] Individual performers at the United Palace have included Anuel AA, [146] Bad Bunny, [147] Beck, [148] Björk, [149] Rubén Blades, [150] Tego Calderón, [151] Kenny Lattimore, [152] Annie Lennox, [153] Modest Mouse, [71] Van Morrison, [154] Iggy Pop, [149] Kelly Price, [152] Steve Winwood, [155] and Neil Young. [156] In 2007, Sir Simon Rattle appeared at the theater conducting the Berlin Philharmonic in Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring danced by public school students and choreographed by Royston Maldoom. [138] [157] The following year, Marin Alsop conducted a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the theater to celebrate what would have been Bernstein's 90th birthday. [158]

The theater has hosted other events, including a narration of the book Icarus at the Edge of Time in 2012 [159] and a single performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights in 2013. [160] To celebrate the centennial of Fox Studios' founding, the United Palace screened a series of Fox films in 2015, beginning with A Fool There Was and Bright Eyes. [161] On April 7, 2019, the United Palace of Spiritual Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary in the venue with a special screening of the sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey (the last movie shown at Loew's 175th before it closed as a commercial movie house in 1969). [162] [163] On December 13, 2022, it was announced that the United Palace would be the venue for the 76th Tony Awards, [164] which took place on June 11, 2023. [165]

Impact

Critical reception

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A look at the inside of what has been called a "delirious masterpiece"

There has been commentary on the theater's architectural style. When the Loew's 175th Street opened, New York Herald Tribune described the theater as "combining the splendor of ancient Oriental beauty with the utmost in modern construction". [166] The architectural style of the theater has been described as "Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino-Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco" by David W. Dunlap of The New York Times . [71] Dunlap wrote later that Lamb borrowed from "the Alhambra in Spain, the Kailasa rock-cut shrine in India, and the Wat Phra Keo temple in Thailand, adding Buddhas, bodhisattvas, elephants, and honeycomb stonework in an Islamic pattern known as muqarnas." [22] The AIA Guide to New York City called it "Cambodian neo-Classical" and likened it to Lamb's Loew's Pitkin Theatre in Brownsville, Brooklyn. [167] Another New York Times article said that the interior "looks like what might happen if tatted lace exploded inside a Southeast Asian temple". [168]

New York Times reporter Nathaniel Adams called it simply a "kitchen-sink masterpiece", [8] while Vivien Raynor wrote for the same newspaper that the theater was a "preposterous mass" with elaborate terracotta ornamentation. [169] Writing for Newsday in 1999, Diane Werts said the United Palace's "splendor" provided a contrast with "today's shoebox movie houses". [170] A writer for Bulletin said in 2001 that the auditorium "must originally have glowed like the inside of a jewel box", [7] and Owen Moritz of the New York Daily News said in 2005 that the United Palace and the other Wonder Theatres "are generally regarded as among the finest movie houses ever built". [33] According to Warren G. Harris, the United Palace was "the most authentic example of movie-palace grandeur in the Greater New York area". [82]

Filming location

The United Palace has been used as a filming location for several movies, including Café Society (2016) [171] and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). [17] [172] Several TV series have been filmed or set at the theater, such as The Politician, Quantico, Saturday Night Live , [19] Smash , [173] Luke Cage , [174] Pose , [175] [176] and Only Murders in the Building . [177] [178] A 2020 performance of Jefferson Mays's A Christmas Carol Live was filmed at the United Palace, [179] and the venue was also depicted in Billy Joel's music video for his 2024 single "Turn the Lights Back On". [180] [181] The theater's history and architecture were detailed in the 1986 documentary American Picture Palaces, [182] and it was featured in a 1991 exhibition of New York City's movie palaces at the City College of New York. [183]

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The New Amsterdam Theatre is a Broadway theater at 214 West 42nd Street, at the southern end of Times Square, in the Theater District of Manhattan in New York City. One of the first Broadway venues to open in the Times Square neighborhood, the New Amsterdam was built from 1902 to 1903 to designs by Herts & Tallant. The theater is operated by Disney Theatrical Productions and has 1,702 seats across three levels. Both the Beaux-Arts exterior and the Art Nouveau interior of the building are New York City landmarks, and the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loew's Wonder Theatres</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loew's Jersey Theatre</span> Theater in Jersey City, New Jersey

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Rodgers Theatre</span> Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York

The Richard Rodgers Theatre is a Broadway theater at 226 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1925, it was designed by Herbert J. Krapp and was constructed for Irwin Chanin. It has approximately 1,400 seats across two levels and is operated by the Nederlander Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)</span> Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lunt-Fontanne Theatre</span> Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York

The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, originally the Globe Theatre, is a Broadway theater at 205 West 46th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1910, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux-Arts style for Charles Dillingham. The theater is named after theatrical couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; its original name was inspired by that of the Globe Theatre, London's Shakespearean playhouse. The current configuration of the interior, dating to 1958, has about 1,505 seats across two levels and is operated by the Nederlander Organization. The facade is a New York City designated landmark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Golden Theatre</span> Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York

The John Golden Theatre, formerly the Theatre Masque and Masque Theater, is a Broadway theater at 252 West 45th Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1927, the Golden Theatre was designed by Herbert J. Krapp in a Spanish style and was built for real-estate developer Irwin S. Chanin. It has 800 seats across two levels and is operated by the Shubert Organization. Both the facade and the auditorium interior are New York City landmarks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Times Square Theater</span> Former theater in Manhattan, New York

The Times Square Theater is a former Broadway and movie theater at 215–217 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, near Times Square. Built in 1920, it was designed by Eugene De Rosa and developed by brothers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn. The building, which is no longer an active theater, is owned by the city and state governments of New York and leased to New 42nd Street.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beacon Theatre (New York City)</span> Entertainment venue in Manhattan, New York

The Beacon Theatre is an entertainment venue at 2124 Broadway, adjacent to the Hotel Beacon, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1929, the Beacon Theatre was developed by Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel and built as a movie palace, with 2,894 seats across three levels. It was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager with decorations inspired by the Renaissance, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek, and Rococo styles. The theater is designated as a New York City interior landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hudson Theatre</span> Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York

The Hudson Theatre is a Broadway theater at 139–141 West 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. One of the oldest surviving Broadway venues, the Hudson was built from 1902 to 1903. The exterior was designed by J. B. McElfatrick & Son, while Israels & Harder oversaw the completion of the interior. The theater has 970 seats across three levels. Both its exterior and interior are New York City designated landmarks, and the theater is on the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paradise Theater (Bronx)</span> Theater in the Bronx, New York

The Paradise Theater, formerly Loew's Paradise Theatre, is a movie palace-type theater located at 2417 Grand Concourse in the Bronx, New York. Constructed in 1929 at the height of grand movie theaters, in the later 20th century the building was used also for live entertainment. It was leased in 2012 for use by the World Changers Church International New York for founding a local congregation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metro Theater (New York City)</span> Former movie theater in Manhattan, New York

The Metro Theater is a defunct movie theater at 2626 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architecture firm Boak and Paris and built between 1932 and 1933. The theater is designed in the Art Deco style and originally contained 550 seats. Although the theater's interior was demolished after it was closed in 2005, the original facade remains intact and is a New York City designated landmark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Embassy Theatre (New York City)</span> Former movie theater in Manhattan, New York

The Embassy Theatre, also known as the Embassy 1 Theatre, is a former movie theater at 1560 Broadway, along Times Square, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb, the theater opened in 1925 on the ground floor of 1560 Broadway, the headquarters of the Actors' Equity Association. While no longer in use as a theater, the space is preserved as a New York City designated landmark, and it continues to operate as a store.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">569 Lexington Avenue</span> Building in Manhattan, New York

569 Lexington Avenue is a dormitory building and former hotel in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by architect Morris Lapidus in the Miami Modern style, in association with the firm of Harle & Liebman, the building occupies the southeastern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street. As of 2024, the building is owned by Hawkins Way Capital which opened Found Study, a dormitory, on the site in 2022. The hotel building is a New York City designated landmark.

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