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A step back in time with the world's most iconic music venues

Over 100 years of dancing the night away

  • Sydney Megan Jow
  • 21 September 2016
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Hammerstein Ballroom, New York

Hammerstein Ballroom was built in 1906 by Oscar Hammerstein as the Manhattan Opera House, a new venue in New York City that offered unbelievable opera performances at the lowest prices the public had ever seen. After three decades of unparalleled success and the addition of the Grand Ballroom, the building was changed to The Manhattan Center in 1939. The 3500-capacity venue was renamed Hammerstein Ballroom in 1997 and has brought stars like Judy Garland, David Bowie, Grateful Dead and Bob Marley to the stage. Currently, the venue hosts giant concerts, gala events, fundraisers and award shows.

Exchange, Los Angeles

Exchange LA originally completed construction in 1931 as the Los Angeles Stock Exchange Building. The central financial establishment housed a massive trading floor and clearing house with a statistics apartment, auditorium and lecture room. It originally also had a massive library and hundreds of offices. Today, Exchange LA is one of the city's premier concert and performance venues which holds over 1500 fans and boasts a 200 square foot LED display screen plus top of the line Funktion One soundsystems.

 
 
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