It was in this site where the Federal Hall is located that George Washington took the oath of office as first President of the United States on April 30, 1789. The Town & Davis design called for a classic Greek temple, in the image of the Parthenon, but crowned by a low central dome in […]
The French-inspired interior of this theatre includes decorative features and lighting fixtures. It was executed in sumptuous materials by some of the finest creative talent available to early twentieth-century architecture, including murals by the New York muralist Arthur Crisp and decorative elements and lighting fixtures by the Rambusch Studi. The Embassy Theatre is a culturally […]
Designated: April 5, 1994 Built in the beginnings of the Nineteenth Century, it retains its trim of colorful, glazed architectural terra-cotta, and its salt-glazed ceramic tiles formed into a technologically significant vaulted ceiling. The Della Robbia Bar exemplifies the spacious public interiors incorporated into hotels built during the decade before World War I. It is a […]
Designated 2/1/1966 The fact that this interior and its building were design by a French and an American architect is an early reflection of the cosmopolitanism of New York. The building combines French elements with the Federal style. Building progress of this edifice was slow, primarily due to financial problems, but also ewing to workers’ disputes […]
Designated November 10, 1987 The Biltmore Theater’s horseshoe-shaped plan with a single aisle is highly unusual among Broadway houses. Its ornamental interior design is a fine example of the Adamesque style. Among its outstanding characteristics are its ornate plaster-work ceiling and handsome pseudo boxes.
The Beacon Theater is a lavish space with stylistic effects drawn from the traditions of Greek, Roman, Renaissance, and Rococo architecture. The rotunda lobby, whose design echoes that of the now-demolished Roxy Theatre, was designed to contrast with the low-ceilinged ticket lobbies and create “the spell of the theater.” The auditorium is rich with exotic […]
The Ambassador Theater Interior was designed in Adamesque style. Its single balcony is divided into tiers and walls that curve in towards the proscenium. For half a century the Ambassador Theater has served as home to countless numbers of the plays through which the Broadway theater has come to personify American theater.
