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Ever wondered what a theater would look like if Elkus Manfredi designed it?
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A great new Opera House in Boston/Cambridge !
What possible resources could design and build a great new Opera House in Boston/Cambridge ?
Interesting
That's going to require a very large 3-d printer.
That's "Theater Facility" if you please
Including production spaces, parking. The actual theater will seat 250, the Huntington seats 850. "For operas and other large College of Fine Arts productions that had formerly been staged there (Huntington), the University will lease suitable venues in the area."
Boston address, Brookline location
I believe that bit of Comm. Ave. is in Boston, but the building is in Brookline. Here's betting that Brookline will make sure that all traffic is diverted to Boston streets. They did the same in with the Cleveland Circle Cinema redevelopment.
Or just go visit Emerson's Paramount Theatre
That was also an Elkus Manfredi project, and a successful, well-received one.
The Majestic Theatre was also
The Majestic Theatre was also an Elkus project.
Majestic was more of a restoration
of a theatre that already existed. The Paramount, though it kept the old façade, was almost entirely new construction.
Better designed street... Paramount, Majestic
Along the street could be designed better for approaching/leaving the Paramount or approaching/leaving the Majestic. Then there's that terrible sign at the SouthEast corner of Tremont and Stuart Streets adding to the Theatre District's unpleasant streets.
What possible resources could design and build a great new Opera House in Boston/Cambridge ?
The Paramount and Majestic facades are largely unchanged
from when they were first built, long before Emerson acquired them. I don't understand what you'd want to change on either of them.