Extensive restoration of the 100-year-old landmark rehabs art deco features, upgrades power, adds HVAC and introduces a complex multipurpose seating system.
Following a $24-million renovation, the historic Crest Theatre has been meticulously transformed into the state-of-the-art UCLA Nimoy Theater, reviving a cultural landmark on Westwood Boulevard and honoring the legacy of actor and philanthropist Leonard Nimoy.
Originally built in 1903, the Greek Theatre is an iconic music venue and a highly recognizable feature of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
When the project team for TSX Broadway—a partial demolition and significant renovation and rebuild of a theater district tower in New York City—wanted to perform a truly challenging feat of engineering, it called in Tony Mazzo at Urban Foundation/Engineering. Project developer L&L Holdings had a vision for the 110-year-old landmark Palace Theater that required it to be elevated 30 ft within the renovated tower’s footprint to create space for new street-level retail.
Originally built in 1979 and renovated several times since, the three-story, 63,650-sq-ft structure serves as a modern not-for-profit regional production theatre with an expanded stage and full-scale rigging zone capable of hosting Broadway-scale productions.
When Sacred Heart University became the tenant, what began as a “white box” renovation to save the deteriorating building was transformed into a total custom fit-out midway through construction to renovate and expand this 20,000-sq-ft, century-old community theater.
The Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center supports a variety of uses, including theater, children’s theater, dance, music and visual arts for myriad local and national arts groups.