ID: 700074515 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700074515	Record Type: Built Work
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Old Metropolitan Opera House (opera house; designed by J. Cleaveland Cady; interior redesign: Carrère a...; 1883; interior redesigned 1903...; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...;)

Note: Located in: New York, New York, United States; Renaissance Revival style, at 1411 Broadway, West 39th to 40th Streets. Was known as the "New Money" alternative, founded by wealthy industrialists including the Vanderbilts, Morgans, and Roosevelts, who had been denied the prestigious private boxes at the established Academy of Music by New York’s "old money" aristocracy; known for the lavish interior, contrasting with plain yellow-brick exterior, source of the nickname "Yellow Brick Brewery"

Titles:

Old Metropolitan Opera House (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Metropolitan Opera House (C,U,English,,N)

Old Met (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Yellow Brick Brewery (C,U,PO,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

opera house [300007104] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings, concert halls)

destroyed work [300404029]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by state>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1883; interior redesigned 1903; demolished 1967

Creator Display:

designed by J. Cleaveland Cady; interior redesign: Carrère and Hastings [preferred,BWR]

interior architect Carrère & Hastings (American architectural firm, 1885-1926) Extent: redesign [500033339]

architect Cady, J. Cleveland (American architect, 1837-1919) [500012928]

Locations:

Current: New York [7007567] New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: +40.7,-74; 1411 Broadway, New York, New York, United States

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

demolition: 1967

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance Revival [300021464] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, modern European revival styles)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Related Works:

	predecessor of .... Metropolitan Opera House [700015108]
	..........opera house; designed by Wallace K. Harrison; 1966; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: recreational and entertainment structures

Sources and Contributors:
Old Metropolitan Opera House	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Metropolitan Opera House	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3777698
Old Met	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Yellow Brick Brewery	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)

Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3777698

....................... BWR-04 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3777698

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 63359

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U858334

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP]
	..... BWR database (2010-)