Located on a two-block site occupied by three national historic buildings, the award-winning PCPA includes the renovation of a 1928 historic movie theatre and vaudeville house into an elegant 2,776-seat Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, as well as the New Theatre Building housing three performance theaters. The result is a beloved cultural destination for Portlanders—offering venues for contemporary music, opera, symphonies, Broadways, and the dramatic arts that moderates between a bustling downtown neighborhood at its front door and a leafy urban park to the west. The two buildings are integrated by a street between the two venues that can be closed to traffic to host special outdoor events or allow patrons to mingle freely during intermission or after performances.