Dance Theatre of Harlem

466 West 152nd Street | Sugar Hill | built 1926

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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1969

    Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook found Dance Theatre of Harlem

    Inspired to act after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, dancer Arthur Mitchell began teaching ballet in the basement of the Church of the Master in the fall of 1969, with Karel Shook. Patron Alva B. Gimbel, after watching a rehearsal, gave the company this former garage and warehouse on 152nd Street, which Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer turned into studios for $365,000.

    Source: artsandculture.google.com

  2. 1971

    Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer converts a former garage into Dance Theatre of Harlem's home

    After watching a rehearsal, philanthropist Alva B. Gimbel told Arthur Mitchell that she would give the company a building if he could find one. He located an empty two-story garage and warehouse with a large basement for sale at 466 West 152nd Street. The architects Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer renovated it for $365,000, adding sprung floors, ballet barres, mirrors and dressing rooms.

    Source: artsandculture.google.com

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