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	New York Architecture Images-Upper West Side Beacon Theater
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location	2124 Broadway, bet. W74 & W75.
date	1929
style	Art Deco
construction	brick
type	Hotel Theater

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	Beacon Theatre 2124 Broadway New York, NY 10023 The Beacon Theatre is a huge, Art Deco theater from the Golden Age of Broadway. It plays host to up-and-coming rock talent, rap, gospel and Latin acts, as well as occasional theater performances. The house boasts 2,849 seats and flawless sightlines from almost everywhere in the theater. Location: The theatre is on the corner of Broadway and 74th St. Transportation: Take the 1, 2, 3, 9 trains to 72nd Street.
notes	Didn't Dylan once dive into the audience at the Beacon Theater? From: Ray Schweighardt (rainman@cybernex.net) Subject: Stage Leaping Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 The Beacon incident actually occurred on October 13, 1989. I was there. He didn't actually DIVE into the crowd. He took his guitar off and played a mean harp solo during "Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat". He kept walking to the edge of the stage, and then suddenly lowered himself to the floor in front of the stage. He ran out of microphone cord, so he dropped it on the stage, and played harp (sans microphone) as he walked right through the first row and out the door on to the street. The band had no idea what was going on, and churned out another two or three minutes of "LSPB Hat". GE Smith ran over to the side of the stage to get some advice on what to do, and the crew was equally at a loss. Finally, they wrapped up the song. Bob was probably already in a cab :-) rainman
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