New York, NY: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building

Country: United States of America
State: New York
City: New York
Borough: Brooklyn
Location: Fort Greene, 30 Laffayette Avenue

Main building of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), built 1906-1908. Opened in autumn 1908 with a series of opening events, including a performance of Gounod's opera "Faust" by the Metropolitan Opera Company. Later renamed "BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building" in honour of the real-estate businessman and philanthropist, Peter Jay Sharp. The building contains the Howard Gilman Opera House (2,109 seats, named after the philanthropist Howard Gilman) and BAM Rose Cinemas (formerly Carey Playhouse), Lepercq Space (originally a ballroom) and Hillman Attic Studio.

Links: www.bam.org, Wikipedia

New York, NY: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building Front Text: "Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y."
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Brooklyn to Washington D.C., 1923

New York, NY: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building Front Text: "The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, N. Y."
Publisher: Interborough News Co., New York; 7A-H1757; B-4
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from New York to Bridgeport CT, 1946

New York, NY: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building Reverse Text: "Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lafayette Avenue, New York"
Publisher: Manhattan Post Card Pub. Co., New York; MP204; P16139
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

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