Palladium
Overview
Large club built inside a former concert hall, remembered for commissioned artwork and multi-floor programming. Now a university dormitory.
Opened inside a former theater and concert hall, Palladium is remembered for commissioned artworks and ambitious interior design across multiple floors. It is often cited within the 1980s club-as-artwork lineage. The building has since been transformed and now serves as a university residence hall.
Oral histories & archival media
Archive plates
Placeholder plates — cleared scans drop in here
Sonic profile
Cultural role
DJs, promoters & people
Steve Rubell
Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium
Ian Schrager
Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium; later hotelier
Keith Haring
Artist embedded in downtown nightlife; Palladium commission · Commissioned artwork
Arata Isozaki
Designer · Architecture
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