“Built in 1889, the Amato Opera house operated for more than half a century as an intimate performance space, often for student actors and singers. It shuttered in 2009 and was sold off, and though there was hope that another arts group would take it over, it’s now destined for a residential conversion. Until that fate befalls 319 Bowery, it’s an abandoned, falling-apart mess” and here are some pictures.
