St. Louis’ Powell Symphony Hall Turns 50 (And Still Has Two Of The Musicians Who Were There On Opening Night)

The hall began its life as a vaudeville and movie theatre, but the remodel for the Symphony was a little different: “Unusually for an American hall in the 1960s, Powell Hall was done up in a traditionally European style, with its red, gold and cream decor modeled on the royal chapel at Versailles.”