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- As our “Into the Air, Land and Sea TODAY” series continues, Matt Lauer goes to Boston for an exclusive tour of Steinert Hall, a concert auditorium hidden beneath the streets of Boston that only a handful of people have seen in the last 75 years. He also hears a performance there by violin virtuoso Joshua Bell.
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TODAY Visits The Forgotten Concert Hall Hidden Underneath Boston | TODAY
NBC really needs to block more of the screen with there banner.
I was thinking the same thing: Beautiful images... if only the chyron wasn't taking up 1/3 of the screen!
Kim Alexander Maybe they are trying to hide Matt behind it.
Kim Alexander true
Yeah,NBC peep show,oh did I say peep.
*their
I am so touched the owner allowed a tour and a violinist to bring music and life back into that gorgeous and immaculate concert hall! I really pray that someone will dedicate time to fixing that beautiful and such an incredible place.
Not just any violinist, Joshua Bell Is an internationally renown soloist
I worked for the phone company for years, and one day had a repair call to a tenant in the building, and when I arrived to do the job, the buildings maintenance guy took me down to the basement to the main phone room, and there it was!! I had it all to myself.
Amazing
John Bandera how wonderful for you
You don't mean Matt right ?
They should restore it. How beautiful. There was an opera house in my little home town . When they finally redid it. They took out alot of the org. Plaster work. And beautiful trim and moldings. Painted alot of gloss white and beige. Awful and ugly. Couldnt bear too look at it. Left early. So sad.
It is beautiful with a wonderful history but sadly such things are of interest to the very few. Financially it is not a lucrative move to breathe new life into an old forgotten music hall, a sign of the times we're living in unfortunately.
@@thescriptwriter824 well, there are people who spend thousands even millions on junk, im sure someone out there would do it if they really wanted to.
That it hasn't happened already might imply restrictive zoning or fire marshal issues
A wonderful auditorium like this should be restored to its former glory.
I've known Steinert & Sons my whole 54 year life but only heard of it about 5 years ago! If I had the millions, I'd drop em on that to create a space to visit. No exits and access are always solvable with the right architect and buckets of money!
I have lived in Boston for 30 years and never knew about this hidden gem. As an adult we find out much much more cool information. Thanks for a glimpse at an awesome piece of history
Lived in Boston 68 years and this was spectacular
where is it located I want to go see it there
Thats awesome. I have lived in boston for 30yrs and never knew that was there. I just recently started looking up random gems like this in my home city and Boston is full of them. Massachusetts in genereal
I grew up in Boston from 1936 until the 1980s, went to the Old Opera House, and spent years listening to the BSO, but never heard of this hall. Quite amazing!
Can you recommend any other abandoned places or hidden gems like this in Mass? I would love your input!
Same
@@eliotpearlman6481 This place looks like how the Old Opera House looked when I went to see Madama Butterfly, produced by the late Sarah Caldwell, in the 1990s. It was in a sorry state of disrepair and the opera was performed with firemen in the building. It was eventually closed but has since reopened after a major refurbishing.
Word is Matt Lauer looked to purchase this location to use as "storage" as well..
Well, thank God, Matt didn't expose himself! That would have been awkward!
Steven Torrey lol.
I must have walked by there a thousand times. Wow
This place should be listed as a historical landmark and restored.
Chills when the violinist performed
Yessss I wish I was there to here it
I got chills when I saw Matt
I have been down there servicing the elevator. That was over 20 years and it hasn't changed. What a surprise !
where is it is it open to the public?
Oh that is so beautiful & should be brought back to life while keeping all its original character ❤️
Closed after Coconut Grove fire - no outside access/"fire trap"
I hate fire safety regulations.
My grandmother had pictures of herself there. WoW! I didn't know that was even near here.
I'm surprise NBC hasn't deleted anything Matt Lauer.
I know! And when he said, "Not many people get to see what you're about to show me..." I thought, too bad the women at NBC can't say the same about Matt! [ba-da-BING!] Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week...
What happened
@@loganknupp9034 He was caught gambling with midgets.
Mr Savage65 The hashtag MeToo movement caught up to him.
I was a union carpenter and worked in Boston for decades. I have unearthed some of the craziest things you could have ever imagined. Tearing up a floor once I found an old staircase entrance to the old Boston underground rail/subway system. It was an old barbershop that was being renovated for retail use. But before that is was a small subway station.
I'm shocked it was never renovated
It deserves a proper restoration I can say that much.
Let’s get this to Mayor Woo Boston’s Mayor to bring this beautiful hall back.
God wouldn't it be amazing if WE could play this hall for our home crowd
the Steinert family's house still exists. It is on the road that leads to Hospital Point light house in Beverly. Many years ago I worked for old Mrs Steinert on the grounds of her small estate. Most of the land has been sold off and now has a few very unremarkable houses on what was the tennis court.
Good ol’ Matt Lauer!
Our current 'disposable age' seems to have little interest in historic places. Sad that this hall was never renovated.
PCShogun ok boomer
@@loganknupp9034 Meet the disposable generation - Mr Wimp12
GhxstedXX that’s the most unfunny,comeback ever kid smh
Someone really should start a funding campaign to get this building restored!
Boy, this concert hall is almost buried as deep as Matt Lauer's career!
The original surround sound.
Very interesting! I’d love to see it.
Matt's hoping to grope the page turner girl after the bit.
That's nice place to see
There’s a lot of stuff buried beneath the streets of Boston.... especially Southwest!
So sad it cannot be restored for use.
When my mother and aunt were girls (late 1820's) they went to concerts there. They said it had perfect acoustics .
A number of years ago someone looked into restoring the place and it would be impossible to make it comply with contemporary fire laws and ADA laws.
Woah your momma was born before the civil war and went to the concert before it was built, that's amazing
That can’t be possible ??
They should get a waiver.
The piano got down their just fine
Apparently some plans for its restoration have been made: www.wbur.org/artery/2015/05/24/bostons-hidden-theater-renovation (however, this is from 4.5 years ago, and no idea what has happened since then).
This place has how much dirt between the ceiling and the street level?
I knew that was there for a long time....
Whoa matt laurer
Isn't Boylston Street part of the BackBay landfill?
It's also attached to Tremont street area down the street from Emerson college.
I wonder what goes on there now/who owns it, now that Steinert relocated and downsized.
Like the family piano... Gone the way of the Passenger Pigeon.
Matt = great presenter
Woah
I want to know how they got that piano down there. I doubt there were any elevators.
40 feet below, good bomb shelter, wonder. If it stays warmer than ground level.
Wow, turn it into living space.
the only story here is MATT LAUER and NBC's failure to act until exposed
But why was it closed down?😒
Why can't the mainstream media do more of this instead of constantly virtue signal with political bulshit?
Tried to get down here once, security guard stopped me.
Nice video if it wasn't for the stupid ad banner blocking the view!
Ive been in it.
How?
Tell us about it!
John Bandera Not...
kinda looks like the flirtation goes both ways with Matt and his coworkers.
Danielle Martinos I’m not surprised.
oh they all knew what was going on with creepy Matt , but their precious careers were more important... so lets sacrifice another young intern and keep our big paychecks ~ lol
Place would make a great nightclub
Given what we know of Lauer and how much he pushed to get Savannah the top spot, I wonder if they had some transactional activity going on that Ann Curry wouldn't take part in with Matty, if ya know what I mean.
I'm from the Boston area and never been inside
Me too. I'm so surprised by this hidden gem. This should be renovated the theater and bring people together to see this.
I bet they had the interns move that piano in and out of there.
creep. but magnificent building
PLAYER PIANO !
EDISON'S TUBE PHONOGRAPH ?
And just think Matt Through it all away for a little fun in the sack.... well a lot of fun apparently
If the place was in London they had updated it and kept it a theater or bar. But because it's in the US without any arts funding it's going to continue fall to decay or be demolished. Shame.
I live in Pittsfield MA, about 130 miles west of Boston on the New York border. We have a theater here called the Colonial. Same story with our theater, it sat dormant for some 70 years. They basically shuddered the place and only used the lobby as a series of businesses. A few lucky people would get to tour the place occasionally, but most people who walked in the storefront never even knew that this ornate gem existed behind a sealed door in back. Beleave it or not, Hillary Clinton led an effort to restore places like this and was instrumental in securing funds for it's restoration. Today it is a world class performance space, really stunning to see how much effort went into the detail of those buildings. I can't believe they have not tried that on this theater in Boston.
@@ridethepace6005 Thank you for sharing. I looked it up and see that a guy and his son preserved it while it was used as a storage warehouse for many years. Then Hillary marked it as a historic site in the late '90s then they put 20 million in it to renovate it. It now looks like the Old Vic in London. Such a great story. I wish we as a nation did this more rather than demolition or let places sit to rot. If I ever became a high level billion/millonaire that'd be one of my goals.
@@FunWithAJ I feel the same way.
Dam matt!
Americans seem very poor at keeping their historical buildings alive.
We used to have a ton more than what we have now too. We bulldozed so many between the 50's and 70's for more modern buildings, many have which themselves been torn down. Look up the original Penn Station in New York City. Its destruction is considered one of the biggest architectural travesties in New York history.
Educate yourself
NPR SHOULD ESTABLISH A STUDIO IN THERE TO DO THEIR ENDLESS PLEDGE DRIVES !!!
Probably a few bucks to get all that lead paint out of there.
Lauer needs to be locked away in a basement for 75 years..... like the one over on Alcatraz.
Skip the Lauer and get to the good. Use your editing tools NBC and make him disappear.
Bootlegged Place😉
.... Southie
Why are lights on? Who's paying for it?
Vampires sleep there during the day.
I bet that place smells like mesothelioma and lead poisoning 😷 Otherwise, Its a forgotten tarnished gem!
Bye bye Matt
Who is that woman with the short blonde hair on the far left?
Dylan Dryer- used to be the weather forecaster for channel 7 in Boston
Me2 Matt I want a little sexaul aggressive/initiative moveson yo casting couch.....ouch
Buttplay
Only one problem.......we have to look at listen to “the womanizer” mutt (don’t you worry, the door is already locked) lauer..
That's my last name as well...
He can hurt you through the screen, he isn't that girl from that movie "The Ring"
He was good at his job though, unfortunately.
"Matt, you're smug." - Tom Cruise
Mister G glib
He is so creepy
Does that violinist really have to look like he's having a seizure while he's playing?
Thats because of all the asbestos poisoning in the decaying building
Why do you still have CZcams videos of Matt Lauer on the today show don’t you realize what he did
What did he do?
He even had a button on his desk to lock his door once he got the woman side
Inside his office
@@jennyreyes1021 Jenny, that is absolutely beyond cool and awesome. If i had money like that, I'd have a nice mechanism as such but minus the woman-handling.
Are you guilty until proven innocent? Or accused is automatically guilty?
Matt Lauer : "Can you show me the secret button where they locked women in the room from not leaving?"