1884 print BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, #197

Description: InTextAmerika1_197 1884 print BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY, #197 Nice view titled Der Broadway in New-York, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. page size is 26 x 19.5 cm, approx. image size is 16 x 12 cm. From: Amerika in Wort und Bild, eine Schilderung der Vereinigten Staaten von Friedrich von Hellwald, publisher Heinrich Schmidt & Carl Gunther, Leipzig, 1884. Broadway, New York City thoroughfare that traverses the length of Manhattan, and near the middle of which are clustered the theatres that have long made it the foremost showcase of commercial stage entertainment in the United States; the term Broadway was at one time virtually synonymous with American theatrical activity. Broadway gained its name as the axis of an important theatre district in the mid-19th century, attracting impresarios with its central location and fashionable reputation. The number, size, and magnificence of the Broadway theatres grew with New York City's prosperity and power, until, in the 1890s, the brilliantly lighted street became known as "The Great White Way." Impelled by growing U.S. wealth and cultural aspirations and unrivaled by other forms of popular entertainment, theatrical activity on Broadway soared to its peak in the late 1920s, a high point from which it has suffered a continuous decline. Broadway's theatres, numbering about 20 at the turn of the century, reached an all-time high of 80 in 1925; by 1980, only 40 remained (few of which were located on Broadway itself; rather, they were just east or west of Broadway, generally between 41st and 53rd streets). The record season of 1927-28 saw 280 new productions open on Broadway; there are considerably fewer in recent decades.

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