Thought to have been first introduced in British theatre design, one of the earliest known examples in America is the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, which opened in 1903. All rights reserved. G20-Site Imprvmt B10-Super Struct General lighting was provided by three multi-candle chandeliers, while stage lighting most likely was achieved with oil lamps placed directly in front of the stage. Outstanding architecture can change our everyday lives and open up new perspectives.

Over the next six decades, at least 23 different live entertainment venues would grace downtown Sacramento in the Front Street-12th Street corridor. July 2013 View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. One way to test the load capacities is with sandbags.

Construction began in July 1849 on what would become California's first permanent theater and what the editor of the Placer Times would later refer to as "This oasis in a great desert of the mind." Example Construction Criteria. safety lighting recess to denote the edge in darkness. It is speculated that Balaban & Katz saw these sandbag tests as a public relations opportunity and circulated photos of these tests to assure the public that the massive cantilever balconies in their theatres were indeed safe. Reconstruction was complete by early 1974; the first performance, presented on March 14, was appropriately an 1845 patriotic comedy entitled Fashion. Scarcity of both building materials and labor are evidenced by the original structure's $30,000-plus cost this for a wood-framed, canvas-covered structure with a tin roof, and probably a hard-packed dirt floor! This not only proved immediately successful as a "watering hole" and gambling establishment, but also as the budding settlement's prime location to exchange gold dust and nuggets for U.S. coins. other entertainment. However, we can’t do it alone. DETAIL is one of the world's most influential architectural publications. © 2020 Theatre Projects Consultants. Plans called for this to be one of a number of reconstructions in the new Old Sacramento State Historic Park (also referred to as the "1849 Scene").

The Eagle ReturnsWell over a century after the Eagle Theatre's demise, the old waterfront district Sacramento's "skid row" was proposed for redevelopment into what we know today as Old Sacramento. The above two photos show sandbag testing from the Chicago Theatre and the Southtown Theatre built by Rapp & Rapp in 1931 for Balaban & Katz. January 2016 Nearly all had arrived by sailing ships which slowly made their way up Sacramento Delta waterways from the port city of Yerba Buena soon to be renamed San Francisco.