Babeville
Transforming a 19th century house of worship into a 21st century multi-purpose venue was fraught with complications, as you might imagine.
But many times the difficulties lead to innovative solutions; take the state-of-the-art geothermal heating system, for instance, which employs wells 300 feet below the surface of the earth to heat and cool the building with minimal reliance on fossil fuels. Its one of the first such systems of its kind in the area. Buffalo Tours audio tour:
www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org/mp3/49_AsburyUMC.mp3
Today, the building houses several separate entities, among them the performance venue Asbury Hall (accommodating 300 in a banquet configuration and up to 1,000 in a concert setting), the headquarters of Righteous Babe Records, the gallery and screening room of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, and a small bar/lounge.
Many events are presented by Righteous Babe and/or Hallwalls, but the space is also available for rental by outside groups and is flexible enough to be transformed to meet almost any need. Its a safe bet to say that somethingmore likely several somethingsare always going on at Babeville.
Info found at:
www.babevillebuffalo.com/
Babeville 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202. For general information: ph 716-852-3835 fax 716-852-2741 info@babevillebuffalo.com
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