The Apollo Theater
Developer Would Cut Historic Victoria Theater In Half
Jefferson Siegel/AMNY
Longtime Victoria manager Harold Sharp
AM New York today examines the controversy surrounding Harlem's shuttered Victoria Theater:
Local developer Steve Williams of Danforth Development Partners, LLC, wants to transform the 1917 burlesque theater into a 30-story condo/hotel, cutting up the ornate 2, 400-seat theater into two mini-theaters while preserving the facade and parts of the lobby.
Neighborhood activists argue that the Thomas Lamb-designer theater shoud be restored to its original grandeur. read more »
