The Ansonia Featured Everything From Opera Singers To Gay Baths

Vanity Fair tells the story of this famed New York landmark that Enrico Caruso and Arturo Toscanini once called home. From the laying of the cornerstone to Steve Ostrow's gay Continental Baths, this building has quite a history. Not even Eleanor Steber could stay away!

Amato Opera House Will Be Retail Space And Condominiums

Bowery Boogie was granted exclusive rights to photograph the decaying shell that was once the great Amato Opera. Take a look at a fantastic slideshow with more interior photos and read more about the future of the building: "The current owner, Steven Croman, plans to turn this historic structure (built in 1899) into residential units for 'hedge-funders on the upper floors [plus penthouse] and one massive retail store' where the stage, orchestra pit, entrance and backstage are now." [Source]