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Manhattan Theatre | |
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General information | |
Location | Manhattan, New York City |
Opened | 1875 |
Renovated | 1883–1884, 1898 |
Demolished | 1909 |
The Manhattan Theatre was located at 102 West 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, directly across from Greeley Square at Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street. The 1,100-seat theatre opened in 1875 as the Eagle Theatre, and was renamed the Standard Theatre in 1878. All but destroyed by a fire in 1883, it was rebuilt in a more modern style and re-opened in December 1884. In 1898, the Standard was refurbished by architect Howard Constable and renamed the Manhattan Theatre.[1] The theatre was demolished in 1909 for the construction of a flagship Gimbels department store, now the Manhattan Mall.