Apollo Hall Reopening Festivities

“A large number of lady and gentlemen artists and others, the friends of General Ferrero, the spirited proprietor of Apollo Hall, on Broadway and Twenty-eighth street [sic], assembled last night in the latter place for the purpose of viewing the elegant frescoes, just completed by Mr. G. G. Gariboldi [sic], on the walls and ceiling of the building and participate in the rejoicings of the occasion. A splendid band of music performed choice tit-bits [sic] of Offenbachian melodies, and the hall was crowded with elegantly dressed ladies and their cavaliers, to whom the beautiful decorations and mythological figures were a source of extreme pleasure. Since the close of the last season General Ferrero determined to make such alteractions [sic] in the interior of the building as would make it the most attractive in the city. That he has attained the very height of his ambition in this respect was conceded by every one in the hall last night.” Continues on about the renovations. Mr. Gariboldi, the gentleman whose artistic skill beautified the entrance to Booth’s theater and made a palace of the Erie office, was entrusted with the work…” Describes the renovations in detail. “…Thousands of people will delight in the genius of Mr. Gariboldi while enjoying the dance within its walls the coming winter. General Ferrero provided an elegant collation, and dancing and music occupied the visitors until a late hour.”