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When:	Friday, November 07, 2008
Event Title:	Tour: United Palace Theatre
Where:	United Palace Theatre - New York City, NY
Category:	Tour Date

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Onsale: 10/4

Location:
Venue	United Palace Theatre
Homepage:	http://www.theunitedpalace.com/home.htm
Street:	4140 Broadway
ZIP:	10033
City:	New York City, NY
Country:	US	Show Location map

Location Description:
The United Palace theater, originally known as Loew's 175th Street Theatre, is one of the 3 Loew's Wonder Theaters in New York City. Located at 175th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, New York City, the theatre was designed by Thomas W. Lamb for vaudeville and movies and opened in 1930. When the theater opened, its auditorium was the third largest in the United States. Its architectural style is described by the AIA Guide to New York City as "Cambodian neo-Classical" and by David W. Dunlap as "Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino- Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco." A look at the inside of what has been called a "delirious masterpiece" 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 included Björk, Iggy and the Stooges and Modest Mouse, The Black Crowes, The Arcade Fire, and Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin 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.