Cinderella Hall

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The building of the Cinderella Society, occupied by the German-American Musicians' Society around 1860 to 1890

The Cinderella Hall is a building in the Lower East Side in the district of Manhattan in New York City is located. His address is 74 E. 4th Street, in what was once called " Kleindeutschland ".

history

The building was built by the Cinderella Club in 1873 and is known as Cinderella Hall . The Cinderella Association was founded in 1860 as a social and charity association whose members, especially musicians, were well known in New York. In the beginning, the association met at different locations in small Germany , from 1870 the association had more than 300 members and from then on needed its own building. The German-born architect August H. Blankenstein (1830–1914) designed the building.

In 1892 the Cinderella Association already had 700 members and needed a larger building again. When the club moved to Yorkville , the Cinderella Hall was sold to the Schillerbund choral society . This association was founded in 1850 and named after Friedrich Schiller .

After the Schillerbund bought Cinderella Hall, they renovated the building from scratch. The architects for this were Frederick William Kurtzer and Richard Rohl. The main facade was decorated with decorative cast iron motifs, and the stylistic devices ranged from Neo-Grec to German Neo-Renaissance . Three busts of the musicians Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Mozart and Beethoven were placed over the windows on the first floor.

In 1896 the Schillerbund choral society sold the building on because the space was no longer enough for them either. Until 1961, the building was used in various ways, including a Polish social association called Newsboys Athletic Club , a meat packing shop and a laundry.

In 1961 the experimental theater group la Mama bought the building and continues to use it today, making it the owner with the longest stay in the building's history. The theater association of the same name has been operating Cinderella Hall there as an off-Broadway venue since 1965.

2009 Cinderella Hall of been Landmarks Preservation Commission under monument protection provided.

description

The Cinderella Hall was built as a four-story building and is clad with red bricks. August Blankenstein's architecture included not only meeting rooms, but also a restaurant, library, billiards room and bowling alley.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Buildings and Architecture
  2. ↑ History of the Cinderella Hall
  3. ^ Aschenbroedel Verein Building on NYC Landmarks Preservation Commision, East Village / Lower East Side Historic District Designation Report, October 9, 2012 p. 89

Coordinates: 40 ° 43 ′ 34.8 "  N , 73 ° 59 ′ 24.7"  W.