‘American Picture Palaces’ by David Naylor has the Academy’s seat capacity at 2600, but I believe Kevin is right in his data (above). Proof is that the (early 70’s) film, ‘Taxi Driver’, was filmed nearby, and on the DVD in chapter 20, time 1:15:28 you can see the rear of the Academy, in the upper right hand corner, the 13th Street side, and it looks quite tall! Later in the film, at 1:17:36 and 1:18:12 (I believe) the camera is one block East on 13th, and you see the rear side of the now defunct Jefferson Theatre. I have searched the net for hours trying to find a photo of the Academy of Music, as it features tall in legend as a early 70’s rock hall, many recordings made there, etc. But cannot find any photos of the marquee or the hall prior to it’s Palladium conversion.
Pictures/drawings of the Academy of Music as The Palladium can be found at http://www.fda-online.com/projects/palladium.html and the art inside is mentioned at www.marenzi.com/texts/Palladium.pdf
Japanese architect, Arata Isozaki, was responsible for the design.
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‘American Picture Palaces’ by David Naylor has the Academy’s seat capacity at 2600, but I believe Kevin is right in his data (above). Proof is that the (early 70’s) film, ‘Taxi Driver’, was filmed nearby, and on the DVD in chapter 20, time 1:15:28 you can see the rear of the Academy, in the upper right hand corner, the 13th Street side, and it looks quite tall! Later in the film, at 1:17:36 and 1:18:12 (I believe) the camera is one block East on 13th, and you see the rear side of the now defunct Jefferson Theatre. I have searched the net for hours trying to find a photo of the Academy of Music, as it features tall in legend as a early 70’s rock hall, many recordings made there, etc. But cannot find any photos of the marquee or the hall prior to it’s Palladium conversion.