Roseland Dancing
America's Foremost Ballroom
New York City
1950

Roseland Ballroom was the people's dance hall. It opened at 1658 Broadway in 1919, in the heart of the theater district at the onset of ballroom dancing's heyday. It was famous as a "dime-a-dance" hall during the Depression, and was a popular big band venue in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1956, the original building was demolished, and Roseland moved to 52nd Street, where it continues to serve as a place of popular entertainment--from big band dancing to "moshing" in the pit by rock music fans.

As of 2004, Roseland is the last of the big ballrooms. It is a vital link to New York City's place in the history of jazz and swing music, and it is central in the collective memory of New Yorkers of all backgrounds, brought together for their love of live music and dancing.

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The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan.
Roseland was founded initially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1917 by Louis Brecker with financing by Frank Yuengling of the D. G. Yuengling & Son beer family.

In 1919, to escape Philadelphia's blue laws, Brecker and Yuengling moved the venue to 1658 Broadway at 51st Street in Manhattan, on the second floor of that five-story building, opening on December 31, 1919. Guests lined up to rub elbows with celebrities like Will Rogers and Florenz Ziegfeld. It was a segregated dance club called the "home of refined dancing," famed for the "society orchestra" groups that played there, starting with Sam Lanin and his Ipana Troubadours.