{"id":3650,"date":"2022-01-20T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2024-02-05T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T13:47:54","slug":"lifting-the-palace-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/lifting-the-palace-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Broadway theater being lifted 30 feet above Times Square"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3650\" class=\"elementor elementor-3650\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26f58c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26f58c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;66c1754&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3735ac\" data-id=\"2b3735ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d53685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8d53685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<iframe width=\"476\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=11438714\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d92d1bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d92d1bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"NormalParagraphStyle\">WB EQUIPMENT CORP. RAISES CURTAIN ON BROADWAY<\/h3><p class=\"NormalParagraphStyle\">TIMES SQUARE (WABC) &#8212; A massive construction maneuver is now underway to hoist the iconic Palace Theatre three stories up.<\/p><p>On Friday morning, constructions crews began lifting the iconic theater a full 30 feet to its new home &#8211; floating above Times Square.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3664 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Preparing-for-jacking.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Preparing-for-jacking.jpeg 596w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Preparing-for-jacking-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>The theater will become part of a $2.5 billion 46-story TSX Tower, currently under construction on Broadway. Lifting the Palace Theatre will preserve the iconic venue while freeing up ground-floor space for commercial use.<\/p><p>&#8220;The theater lift consists of lifting a 1,700 seat theater in its entirety 30 feet from its current elevation,&#8221; said Robert Israel, executive vice president of L&amp;L Holding Company.<\/p><p>The theater, located at 47th and Seventh Avenue, opened in 1903 as a vaudeville theater and was later home to shows like Oklahoma and La Cage aux Folles.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3662 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jacking.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jacking.jpeg 596w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jacking-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>&#8220;Everybody wanted to perform here and many famous performers did perform here, Liza Minnelli, the Marx Brothers, Frank Sinatra,&#8221; said David Levinson, chairman and CEO of L&amp;L Holding Company<\/p><p>And it&#8217;s a landmark, which is why developers have to be ever so careful.<\/p><p>The theater is being moved 30 feet above street level to make way for retail space on a lucrative corner for developers.<\/p><p>&#8220;This is the most heavily trafficked corner in the western hemisphere and there was no retail space here, but probably the most valuable commercial retail space in the world,&#8221; Levinson said.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3677 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Raising-the-Palace-Theater.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Raising-the-Palace-Theater.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Raising-the-Palace-Theater-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Raising-the-Palace-Theater-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Raising-the-Palace-Theater-768x384.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Raising-the-Palace-Theater-600x300.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/>Retail space on the street side, plus the TXS Broadway development will include a new 46-story tower with hotel rooms, restaurants and experiential space &#8212; including a stage facing onto Times Square, and the Palace Theatre will be tucked inside.<\/p><p>Five years of planning went into the groundbreaking theater lift.<\/p><p>&#8220;The theater weighs approximately 5 million pounds, what we are actually doing, the way we are lifting the theater itself is we have 34 specifically placed lifting posts,&#8221; Israel said.<\/p><div class=\"adRectangle-pos-small-inline\" data-set=\"adAppend\"><div class=\"placeholderWrapper adRectangle-pos-small-inline\"><div class=\"withLazyLoading\">Those hydraulically controlled steel posts essentially push the theater up, and a 5-foot-thick concrete cushion protects the theater from below.<\/div><\/div><\/div><p>&#8220;All of the lifting posts were 100% custom made for this installation and lift,&#8221; Israel said.<\/p><p>It will take six to eight weeks to raise the Palace Theatre 30 feet, the lift only moves about a quarter inch an hour. The theater will then undergo a $50 million renovation &#8212; a small part of the $2.5 billion<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3663 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Palace-theater.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Palace-theater.jpeg 596w, https:\/\/wbequipment-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Palace-theater-300x247.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p><h6>The Palace Theatre (center right), circa 1920, was built in 1913, with a glorious beaux arts interior by Milwaukee architects Kirchoff &amp; Rose. 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