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The Town Hall (New York City)

The Town Hall
Town Hall 123 W43 near sun jeh.jpg
Address 123 West 43rd Street
New York, NY
United States
Owner Town Hall Foundation, Inc.
Designation U.S. National Historic Landmark
Capacity 1,495
Construction
Opened January 12, 1921
Years active 1921-current
Architect McKim, Mead & White
Website

the-townhall-nyc.org

Town Hall
The Town Hall (New York City) is located in New York City
The Town Hall (New York City)
The Town Hall (New York City) is located in New York
The Town Hall (New York City)
The Town Hall (New York City) is located in the US
The Town Hall (New York City)
Location 113--123 W. 43rd St., New York, NY
Coordinates 40°45′21″N 73°59′5″W / 40.75583°N 73.98472°W / 40.75583; -73.98472
Area less than one acre
Built 1919
Built by van der Bent,Teunis J.
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other, Neo-Federal
NRHP Reference # 80002724
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 23, 1980
Designated NHL March 2, 2012

Coordinates: 40°45′22″N 73°59′05″W / 40.755986°N 73.984712°W / 40.755986; -73.984712

the-townhall-nyc.org

The Town Hall is a performance space, located at 123 West 43rd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, in midtown Manhattan New York City. It opened on January 12, 1921, and seats approximately 1,500 people.

In the 1930s, the first public-affairs media programming originated here with the America's Town Meeting of the Air radio programs. In recognition of this the National Park Service placed the building on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012, and designated it a National Historic Landmark in 2013.

The Town Hall was built by the League for Political Education, whose fight for passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (women's suffrage) led them to commission the building of a meeting space where people of every rank and station could be educated on the important issues of the day. The space, which became The Town Hall, was designed by the renowned architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, to reflect the democratic principles of the League. To this end, box seats were not included in the theater's design, and every effort was made to ensure that there were no seats with an obstructed view. This design principle gave birth to The Town Hall's long-standing mantra: "Not a bad seat in the house."


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