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band shell
noun
- a concave, acoustically resonant structure at the back of an outdoor bandstand.
Word History and Origins
Origin of band shell1
Example Sentences
From her earliest murals, such as the “Mi Abuelita,” painted in 1970 in the Hollenbeck Park Band Shell in Boyle Heights, Baca built a career as the outsider, creating a parallel world from the art establishment.
The band shell was dismantled and put in storage.
Known in the neighborhood as DJ Dat Gurl Curly, Ms. Ruiz performed house and disco sets at the park’s amphitheater for years until the band shell was bulldozed last December.
A century ago, the banker Elkan Naumburg paid to install a band shell in Central Park and even hired his nephew to design it.
The Rock Hall announced that the architecture firm PAU will lead the project, which will bring 50,000 square feet of programming space and a new band shell overlooking the shores of Lake Erie.
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