Trams have been operating in Frankfurt since 1872.  The tram system is alive and well and integrated with light rail (U-Bahn), suburban rail...

This opera house, now known as Staatsoper Unter den Linden , was destroyed not once, not twice, but three times, only to emerge each time li...

I have looked at this 19th century trade card numerous times and tried to find some history on it. Each time I have given up and put it away...

On Monday I posted a card of the Hippodrome in New York. Then I saw that this week's Sepia Saturday theme is theaters (or theatres, dep...

The building we see here was inaugurated in 1778 and named after the church ( Chiesa di Santa Maria alla Scala, built in 1381) that was demo...

The grand old Frankfurt Opera House still stands, although it is now known as the Old Opera, having been replaced by a newer building. The o...

Imagine visiting New York's Hippodrome Theatre in 1910. At the time, the huge theatre, which seated 5,300, was only five years old. You ...