Crossword-Solution: NIBLO 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 7

There had been a destructive competition between Max Maretzek's Italian company at the Academy of Music and a German company at Niblo's Garden.

But come, now, I hear by the sound of the ringing That dinner is ready; and time none to spare To finish our eating in time for the singing At Niblo's; or at Burton's drop in for a stare.

The relics of Niblo's Garden have disappeared as completely as those of Richmond Hill, but its site is still fresh in the memory of those whose theatrical experiences go back a quarter of a century.

William Niblo, who built it and managed it with consummate cleverness, had been a successful coffee-house keeper downtown.

Writing of it in 1855 Max Maretzek, who, as manager of the Astor Place Opera House, had suffered from the rivalry of Niblo and his theater, said: The Metropolitan Hotel, Niblo's Theater, stores and other buildings occupy the locality.