Baycourt Community and Arts Centre explained

Baycourt Community and Arts Centre
Building Type:Performing arts and theatre venue
Location:38 Durham Street, Tauranga, New Zealand
Coordinates:-37.683°N 176.1675°W
Start Date:October 1981
Opened Date:26 April 1983
Architect:Warren and Mahoney

Baycourt Community and Arts Centre is a multi-purpose performing arts and theatre facility in Tauranga, New Zealand.[1] It was designed by Warren and Mahoney,[2] and has a main auditorium, the Addison Theatre, that seats 589.[3] [4] The Addison Theatre is named after Bob Addison, chairman of a group of local residents who formed the Tauranga Community Arts Council and developed the original proposal for a community and arts centre in 1974. It took nine years of fundraising and planning before the centre was built and officially opened in 1983.[5]

Warren and Mahoney won an award for their design, from the Waikato Bay of Plenty branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.[6]

One of the unusual features of Baycourt is its Wurlizter organ. The instrument is a 1926 Mighty Wurli (2/10 Wurlitzer Model H Opus 1482). It was originally installed in a theatre in Wellington, then moved to a shed in Tokoroa, and then into the former Tauranga Town Hall before being installed in Baycourt.[7]

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  1. Web site: SunLive - Collecting many memories of Baycourt - The Bay's News First . 2023-05-26 . sunlive.co.nz . en . 26 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526052439/https://sunlive.co.nz/news/308301-collecting-many-memories-of-baycourt.html . live .
  2. Web site: Itinerary: Tauranga city guide. Barrie . Andrew . Gatley . Julia . 8 Jul 2021 . architecturenow.co.nz . 16 June 2023.
  3. News: . Baycourt celebrated. 30 July 2015. Bay of Plenty Times.
  4. News: . Baycourt facing up to tough future: Flagship city theatre likely to face stiff competition from new venues. 5 March 2007. Bay of Plenty Times.
  5. Web site: SunLive - 40 year of Baycourt to be celebrated in April - The Bay's News First . 2023-05-26 . www.sunlive.co.nz . en . 30 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230530061854/https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/314325-40-year-of-baycourt-to-be-celebrated-april.html . live .
  6. Web site: April 2008 . Central Tauranga Heritage Study . 16 June 2023 . Tauranga City Council and Environment Bay of Plenty . Docplayer.net.
  7. News: Wurlitzer organ's keeper will pull out all the stops. New Zealand Herald. Bay of Plenty Times. 14 May 2015. Ruther. Keber.

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