Cities with the best historic Theatre Palaces or Modern Cultural Centers. (downtown, size)

[tmac9wr]

A few from Boston:

Thanks

Boston Opera House

Cutler Majestic Theater

Boston Center for the Arts

Jordan Hall

Interior
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/99/Jordanhallbalcony.jpg (broken link)

Symphony Hall


Interior


The Boston Conservatory

[a75206]

Dallas has the Majestic in its downtown:

http://www.iasted.org/conferences/20...ic_Theater.jpg




And the brand-spanking new AT&T Performing Arts Center, with the Winspear Opera House:




And this art theater right across from it, which I call the Borg Cube (aka Wyly Theater):

http://shoppingblog.dallasnews.com/WylyTheatre.jpg (broken link)

[a75206]

Philadelphia has the Boyd Theater, which looks to be preserved and soon turned into a "living" theater again, in addition to a Kimpton Hotel space above/next to it:






Academy of Music:

http://jamesmuspratt.com/images/159.jpg (broken link)

Interior:




Kimmel Center:



The new Suzanne Roberts Theater, down the Ave of the Arts from the previous two venues above:




The Torcadero:


inside of the Troc:




and just outside of "downtown"/Center City is World Cafe Live, across the river in University City:

[tmac9wr]

Originally Posted by a75206

Awesome!

Originally Posted by a75206

http://shoppingblog.dallasnews.com/WylyTheatre.jpg (broken link)

Awesome(r)? haha

[a75206]

well, the top one is only a conceptional drawing at this point (thanks to recession), but the Borg Cube is very real. lol

For a critique from an architect/urban planner type:


http://carfreeinbigd.blogspot.com/20...llas-arts.html

[tmac9wr]

Originally Posted by a75206

well, the top one is only a conceptional drawing at this point (thanks to recession), but the Borg Cube is very real. lol

For a critique from an architect/urban planner type:


LIVING CAR-FREE IN BIG D: Welcome to "ToonTown" - The Dallas Arts District

Haha, he doesn't seem to like it too much. I can agree with a couple of his criticisms though...the sunken plaza is probably going to be terrible. The skin of the building is very ambitious though...I think it looks cool.

I also agree with the call that the Arts District looks like "screaming babies crying out for attention". The buildings individually look good, but together it looks like they're trying to out-do one another and it doesn't seem to have any form of community.

[coo77]

Some more historic and modern cultural centers and theatre palaces in Los Angeles.

Geffen Playhouse adjacent to UCLA in Westwood Village: Built 1929



Bruin Theatre in Westwood Village, near UCLA. Opened in 1937.


Royce Hall, the beautiful 1800 seat concert hall at the University of California-Los Angeles built 1929


Shrine Auditorium, built in 1925 in South L.A.'s University Park/West Adams neighborhood.


Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California in University Park/West Adams, built in 1921.


The Hollywood Bowl, summer home to the L.A. Philharmonic


Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on the L.A. Music Center campus, Downtown


Walt Disney Concert Hall, Downtown

[JR_C]

In Youngstown, our main venues are:

The Official Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium Website
Some pics from their site:

Exterior


Concert Hall


Ballroom


The Ann Christman Memorial Hall


The DeYor Performing Arts Center:
http://www.youngstownsymphony.com/

Lobby

Auditorium

[eskercurve]

Seattle has some cool retro and historic movie theaters:

Landmark - Seattle

The ones in the U district show independent films, except when a surefire blockbuster that isn't crap comes out (like Avatar). Most of them were built before 1940.

[TB Fla]

The Tampa Theatre (1926)









Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center





http://www.tbpac.org/welcome/gallery/marquee1.jpg (broken link)

http://www.tbpac.org/welcome/gallery/fountains.jpg (broken link)

http://www.tbpac.org/welcome/gallery/morsani_lobby.jpg (broken link)