United Palace Theater

Infobox Theatre
name = United Palace Theatre

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caption = South facade of the theatre
address = 4140 Broadway
city = New York City
country =
designation =
latitude = 40.84616
longitude = -73.93845
architect = Thomas W. Lamb
owner = Christ Community United Church
capacity = 3,293
type =
opened = 1930
yearsactive =
rebuilt =
closed =
othernames = Loew's 175th Street Theatre
production =
currentuse = Church; Live Music Hall
website = www.theunitedpalace.comThe 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. LambCitation
last = Dunlap
first =David W.
author-link =
title =Xanadus Rise to a Higher Calling
newspaper =The New York Times
pages =
year =2001
date =2001-04-13
url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E2DE1531F930A25757C0A9679C8B63 ] for vaudeville and movies and opened in 1930. When the theater opened, its auditorium was the third largest in the United States. [Renner, James. Images of America: Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.] Its architectural style is described by the "AIA Guide to New York City" as "Cambodian neo-Classical"White, N. & Willensky, E. (2000). "AIA Guide to New York City" (4th edition). New York: Three Rivers Press.] and by David W. Dunlap as "Byzantine-Romanesque-Indo-Hindu-Sino- Moorish-Persian-Eclectic-Rococo-Deco."

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,Citation
last = Atamian
first =Christopher
author-link =
title =‘Rite of Spring’ as Rite of Passage
newspaper =The New York Times
pages =
year =2007
date =2007-11-11
url =http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/arts/11atam.html ] Iggy and the Stooges and Modest MouseCitation
last = Dwyer
first =Jim
author-link = Jim Dwyer
title =With Indie Rock on 175th St., City’s Reinvention Rolls Uptown
newspaper =The New York Times
pages =
year =2007
date =2007-05-02
url =http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/nyregion/02about.html ] , 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.theunitedpalace.com/ Official Website of the United Palace Theater (contains many photos of interior)]
* [http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/UnitedChurch.html NYC Organ Project, NYC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists]