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The Pythian Temple is an historic Knights of Pythias building at 135 West 70th Street between Columbus Avenue and Broadway in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was built in 1927 to serve as a meeting place for the 120 Pythian lodges of New York City. Today it is an 88-unit luxury condominium building known as The Pythian.〔(NYC Architecture listing for The Pythian )〕 ==History== As the organization's popularity declined, in the early 1940s the Pythians leased space in the building to Decca Records, which created an acoustically renowned music recording studio in it. Decca had transformed a very large third floor auditorium with balconies and wooden floors into a recording studio.〔 Cf. pp.168-169.〕 In 1954, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded their album ''Rock Around the Clock'' there. Other artists who recorded there included Buddy Holly, Sammy Davis Jr., and Billie Holiday.〔〔 It was in use as a recording studio for over fifteen years.〔 Days after the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, noted actor and Communist Party activist Paul Robeson spoke at the Temple. He, audience members, and a number of Pythians who had not attended the speech were pelted with eggs and fruit by angry demonstrators as they left the building.〔 In 1958 the building was purchased by the New York Institute of Technology as that college's main campus. In 1986 〔Willensky, Elliot; White, Norval, (''The A.I.A. Guide to New York City, Third Edition'' ) (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988). Cf. especially p.357 on the Pythian Temple.〕 the building was converted to residential use by architect David Gura for which he won a Residential Design Award from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.〔(David Gura website )〕 The facade underwent a restoration in 2008-9.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pythian Temple (New York City)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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