New York City Center, originally the Mecca Temple, is at 131 West 55th Street, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The building's L-shaped land lot covers 25,1… See more

New York City Center was built by the Shriners between 1922 and 1924 as the Mecca Temple, a Masonic house of worship. The building was designed by architects Harry P. Knowles (a Master Mason), who died befor… See more

The City Center building on 55th Street was constructed as the Mecca Temple, the headquarters of the Shriners. The order's previous headquarters had been located at Sixth Avenue and 23rd Street since 1875. The order b… See more

The 55th Street theater was originally controlled by the City Center of Music and Drama Inc. (CCMD), which the city government established in July 1943. The City Center for Music and Drama Inc. is the organizatio… See more

Upon the theater's 75th anniversary in 2018, The New York Times characterized City Center as "a multidisciplinary space for artists in theater, dance and music". From the 1940s to the 1960s, the City Center's resident co… See more