tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post3744287410846997657..comments2024-03-18T07:26:19.953-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost Ziegfeld Theatre -- 6th Avenue and 54th StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-34999449624258855372015-11-24T07:34:36.984-08:002015-11-24T07:34:36.984-08:00The post did not include images of the interiors w...The post did not include images of the interiors which are astoundingly brilliant. Photos can be found online if you search them out but you may be heartbroken. An unfortunate loss along with the Center, Academy of Music, the Roxy and original Helen Hayes to name but a handful of lost theaters. NYarchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-19707013471988381562015-11-23T12:02:17.348-08:002015-11-23T12:02:17.348-08:00I can't believe they tore this down. Why can&...I can't believe they tore this down. Why can't we appreciate are architectural gems? Modernity is not everything.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05097441437159417314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-57006630349680424672015-11-23T08:51:21.268-08:002015-11-23T08:51:21.268-08:00As close to an architectural crime as one can get ...As close to an architectural crime as one can get along with Penn Station, the Singer Tower, MM&W's Madison Square Garden, St Johns Church, etc, etc, ughh such a very long list. A spectacular showstopping theatre gone too soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455260852354404149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-71858851100659124022015-11-23T06:51:43.737-08:002015-11-23T06:51:43.737-08:00Thanks for the post. The Ziegfeld and the Center t...Thanks for the post. The Ziegfeld and the Center theatres should never have been demolished. If they existed today they would be major tourist attractions. By the way, most people don't realize that there's a shout-out to the Ziegfeld in the façade of the NY-NY Hotel in Las Vegas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-34086247925455239222015-11-23T06:01:58.387-08:002015-11-23T06:01:58.387-08:00A brief note on Joseh Urban: he was Marjorie Merri...A brief note on Joseh Urban: he was Marjorie Merriwether Post's unusual but inspired choice to design her flamboyant Palm Beach house, Mar A Lago. The theatricality for which Urban is famed is much in evidence at Mar A Lago. Even if not to your taste, it is hard not to admire its inventive over the top exuberance. They say that even late in her life, Mrs. Post would secret herself in an unpstairs gallery to overhear first time guests' astonished gasps when they walked into the vast gilded confection of a drawing room.Magnuspetriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625586892328226122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-37216890896861309142015-11-23T05:13:28.678-08:002015-11-23T05:13:28.678-08:00Wonderful write up. My aunt was a Ziegfeld girl. :...Wonderful write up. My aunt was a Ziegfeld girl. :)nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.com