World of McIntosh Experience Center

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World of McIntosh Experience Center
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Website worldofmcintosh.com

World of McIntosh Experience Center occupied a five-story townhouse at 214 Lafayette Street in SoHo, Manhattan, from 2015-2021 in New York City. [1] The 12,000 square foot townhome [2] [3] opened on October 13, 2015, on the site of a former power station. [4] The CEO is Jeff Poggi and Charlie Randall. [5] World of McIntosh is owned by McIntosh Group based in New York. [2] [6]

World of McIntosh serves as an appointment-only retail showroom for McIntosh Group's audio equipment, including Audio Research, McIntosh Laboratory, Sonus Faber, and Sumiko. [2] It is used as event space for live music performances, movie screenings, art exhibits, and speeches and presentations. [1] [7] Clients include Google, Microsoft, and Bremont. [2] [8]

World of McIntosh was used as the site of fsociety's new headquarters in Season Two of the television show Mr. Robot, [9] and the season 2 finale of Luke Cage as Rosalie Carbone's townhouse. It was also the site of Beyonce's 2008 music video "Halo" and Justin Theroux's apartment in The Other Two.

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