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This Music Hall Needs YOU
More Than Ever
Help Us Recover Construction Costs
The 1885 landmark Music Hall recently went through a major Structural Repairs & Upgrade project, securing our landmark building for another century. Some of the repairs were near-emergencies. We had to dig really deep to make this project happen, and need help from our community to get back to where we were before, financially.
Can You Help Us?
The Music Hall Structural Restoration Project
All of the work was sorely needed, some critical and some borderline emergency. We simply could not wait until we had raised all the necessary funds through a capital campaign, but decided to dip into our operating funds. We had government funding in place for most of the construction work, but we needed to provide $250,000 in matching funds. In the end, we also added over $100,000 in change orders, some to cover necessary repairs for conditions discovered during construction, some to add work that made sense with scaffolding etc in place.
What We Did
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EAST ALLEY:
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Deteriorated wooden footing replaced with concrete foundation.
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New, better fire escapes
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Concrete walkway, with drainage leading water away from building installed
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Stucco applied to walls, to match rest of building, insulation improved.
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Rubble retaining wall replaced with concrete, widening egress.
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New exit doors installed, with better fire and noise rating.
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NORTH SIDE (Back Wall)
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Old rubble foundation removed, new 6'-10' concrete foundation poured, insulated & waterproofed
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Deteriorated beams and trusses replaced.
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New stucco and paint, holes and leaks patched up.
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New Dressing Room Walkway
WEST SIDE (Kaldenberg Place)
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New Stucco & Paint (not part of original project)
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New exit doors installed, with better fire and noise rating.
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Windows repaired and painted.
FRONT BUILDING
(Main Street Brickwork)
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Window repairs
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Slate roof repairs
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Furnace Room improvements (not part of original project)
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AUDITORIUM BUILDING (Kaldenberg Place, wood & plaster)
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New Slate Roof, with snow guards.
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New gutters
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Wood and plaster repairs
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Solar Panels installed, with enough capacity to power ALL our shows. (Funded by a grant from Green Mountain Energy's Sun Club.)
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Please make checks out to:
The Music Hall
PO Box 686
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Thank You!
YOUR MUSIC HALL HAS BEEN SECURED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
WILL YOU HELP US RECOVER OUR COSTS?
The Music Hall is owned, operated and loved by a non profit organization. All contributions are tax deductible. We will credit all donations towards this capital improvement project and credit all donors accordingly. Donations over $5,000 will be included on the donor plaque that will be installed in the Music Hall lobby. There is a LOT of restoration work still to be done, paint & plaster, expanded restrooms, new seats, technical and accessibility upgrades, but until we we pay this project off, we will not be able to move ahead.
If you are in, please send a check to the address below and indicate "Structural" in the memo.
You can also donate online by CLICKING HERE
If you wish to learn more about this project or improvements planned for the future, please contact Executive Director Bjorn Olsson.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND OF THE MUSIC HALL!
 Old Exit doors, in very poor condition. |  Old Steps by Kaldenberg Place, exit doors removed |  New steps and exit doors installed |
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 New exit doors from the inside. Sound and temperature insulation greatly improved. |  No drainage, exposed clapboard, deteriorated everything... |  Opposite angle, East alley. This side had wooden footing. |
 New drain line being installed, runs under building. New foundation in place on right. |  Alley after work, with new concrete foundation, floor, drains, gutters. No more water entering the building! |  Stage Door entrance walkway |
 Drain trench at parking lot, reducing spill into street. Also installed 4 manholes for drainage. |  Truss repair on back wall. Most original wood in surprisingly good condition, |  Cutting holes for shoring up the wall, essentially large steel saw horses, |
 Shoring beams to hold the wall up being installed |  Wall has been cut, hangs in air. Rubble foundation being removed. Note corner wooden beam, detail in next pic. |  This 130 year old beam was cut to make room for new foundation, looks brand new inside! |
 New back wall foundation from the inside |  Foundation layers: Concrete, insulation, water barrier, cinderblocks and decorative stones. Original stones used! |  Famous Music Hall silhouettes getting last fresh air before stucco goes on from outside. |
Please make checks out to:
The Music Hall
PO Box 686
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Thank You!
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