The Wintergarden still stands between third and forth streets in Jamestown. I don’t recall the exact cross steet it is on.
The Wintergarden never was as grand as the Palace.
I remember seeing movies in the Wintergarden as a kid in the sixties.
I don’t remember much of my impression of it as a kid, except for the fact that it was in sad condition even then.
I don’t think it is used for anything now. It appears to be abandoned and standing idle. Boarded up doors, etc.
The facade is (and ever was) unimpressive.
There are some large second story windows (facing the cross street) which are now painted over in an olive drab.
As I remember from my youth, the large second story windows illuminated a mezzanine/lobby/foyer leading to the balcony.
But I could be wrong about that.
It’s been almost forty years since I last set foot in the Wintergarden.
Whoa! Am I surprised! I never knew that “The Palladium” (which I visited a couple of times in the mid eighties) was a revamping of the second Academy of Music.
For what it’s worth; The Metropolitan Opera was never based in either of the two Academy of Music theatres.
The Met (Metropolitan Opera Company)was born/originated due to the fact that The Academy of Music didn’t have enough private boxes to accomodate the newly rich population of New York City.
Those newly rich took their bundles of wealth uptown to West Forty-Something Street, and they commissioned the building of a theatre now known as “The Old Met.”
The Old Met was built before anyone had engaged an impresario or a company of singers/orchestral players.
There was a mad scramble to get an opera company together. And the Met suffered through several seasons of financial loss before they finally got their act together.
For a few years, operas were staged at both The Academy of Music and The Met. In the end; the Met won out. The Union Square area (which had been the home for opera and theatre for more than a decade) passed into oblivion. Almost all legit theatre productions were performed mid town (the forty-second street region) by the turn of the last century.
The Wintergarden still stands between third and forth streets in Jamestown. I don’t recall the exact cross steet it is on.
The Wintergarden never was as grand as the Palace.
I remember seeing movies in the Wintergarden as a kid in the sixties.
I don’t remember much of my impression of it as a kid, except for the fact that it was in sad condition even then.
I don’t think it is used for anything now. It appears to be abandoned and standing idle. Boarded up doors, etc.
The facade is (and ever was) unimpressive.
There are some large second story windows (facing the cross street) which are now painted over in an olive drab.
As I remember from my youth, the large second story windows illuminated a mezzanine/lobby/foyer leading to the balcony.
But I could be wrong about that.
It’s been almost forty years since I last set foot in the Wintergarden.
Whoa! Am I surprised! I never knew that “The Palladium” (which I visited a couple of times in the mid eighties) was a revamping of the second Academy of Music.
For what it’s worth; The Metropolitan Opera was never based in either of the two Academy of Music theatres.
The Met (Metropolitan Opera Company)was born/originated due to the fact that The Academy of Music didn’t have enough private boxes to accomodate the newly rich population of New York City.
Those newly rich took their bundles of wealth uptown to West Forty-Something Street, and they commissioned the building of a theatre now known as “The Old Met.”
The Old Met was built before anyone had engaged an impresario or a company of singers/orchestral players.
There was a mad scramble to get an opera company together. And the Met suffered through several seasons of financial loss before they finally got their act together.
For a few years, operas were staged at both The Academy of Music and The Met. In the end; the Met won out. The Union Square area (which had been the home for opera and theatre for more than a decade) passed into oblivion. Almost all legit theatre productions were performed mid town (the forty-second street region) by the turn of the last century.