E-BULLETIN OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS COUNCIL
September 2014, Volume 11, Number 3
In This Issue:
- Secret Lives Tour: The Loew’s Valencia- October 4
- Six to Celebrate Tour- Bronx and Harlem Carnegie Libraries- October 18
Secret Lives Tour: Loew’s Valencia Theatre
Saturday, October 4, 2014
11:30 AM
Following last year’s successful tour of the Loew’s United Palace Theatre on 175th Street, we are venturing into the grand opulence of another historic movie house, this time in Jamaica, Queens. The Loew’s Valencia opened in 1929 and was the first of the Loew’s “Wonder Theatres,” five buildings lavishly designed to highlight the preeminence of the Loew’s company in and around New York City. (The Kings Theatre, one of the five, is in the midst of a massive restoration and will reopen as a theatre in 2015.) Designed in Spanish Colonial and pre-Columbian styles with spectacular terra cotta facade details, the theatre was once the most successful theatre in Queens. Closed as a movie house in 1977, Tabernacle of Prayer for All has called this building home for more than 30 years.
$30 for Friends of HDC, $40 for general public
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A Tale of Three Carnegies:
A Tour of Historic Libraries in Harlem and the South Bronx
Saturday, October 18, 2014
2:00 PM (WALKING TOUR)
Principal façade of the Mott Haven Branch Library, 2010, courtesy of HDC
Following the July tour of Carnegie libraries in Chinatown, John Bacon, HDC board member and Director of Planned Giving at The New York Public Library, will return to lead another tour of Carnegie libraries in Harlem and Mott Haven. In Harlem, we will visit the 115th Street and Harlem Libraries, and view the impressive Mount Morris Historic District in between. Bring your Metrocard, as we will then hop on the subway to the South Bronx to visit the beautiful Mott Haven Library and take in its notable children’s floor.
$5 for Friends of HDC, seniors and students; $10 General Admission
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