“Brooklyn to me means the Loew’s Kings, Erasmus, the yeshiva I went to, the Dodgers, Prospect Park, great Chinese food,” Ms. Streisand said… Naturally the Cinema Treasure comes first.
Digital projection has been installed: Tampa Bay Times story here. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has a story about the Ruskin and the Fun-Lan in Tampa in today’s print edition but I can’t find it online.
Blogger Detroit Funk says that this theatre was threatened with demolition to make room for a condo project, but the deal has fallen through. He has marquee and lobby pictures (the last one is a really nice under-the-marquee shot) here.
The theater in the picture looks like it would have been numbered 366. If I’m reading this 1902 street map correctly, house numbers on State Street reached 321 at or near Congress before the renumbering in 1909, so I think 366 for a site south of Harrison would not be out of the question.
A few other streets than run parallel to Bryn Mawr in that general area have suburban Philadelphia-connected names like Ardmore and Rosemont (and Devon, although the Pennsylvanians pronounce it differently). I think even Hollywood was once the name of an estate near the Main Line.
Somebody once told me that the optimum is to estimate how wide the screen is, and then sit that far back from the screen. I’ve never seen that confirmed anywhere though, and I’ve never really tried to put it into practice.
This should make the Oct 11 link clickable. When adding links to comments I generally copy and paste the sample line from the how to make links on Cinema Treasures page and replace the data. Although it should be possible to duplicate that style on the keyboard for some reason it doesn’t always seem to work for me.
Detroit Funk has visited the neighborhood, which has visibly deteriorated since the Google car last went through. Eighth picture from the top shows some of the theater.
Minor damage from last month’s earthquake leads to questions about building’s condition, talk of possible demolition. Philadelphia Inquirer column here.
I’ve seen a number of street views on the site that were behind or around the corner from the theaters they were supposed to represent, but that one beat all. I got this page moved into reality…fat lot of good it did with the scaffolding around the building when Google came by.
The County has completed its digital conversion. Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
A small photo of the Lark accompanies this story.
A Box Office story from June 3, 1950 shows this house operating as the Cooper Theater, looking much the same as it does now.
Here is a link to the online version of the Star-Ledger story.
Pretty sure that the last two lines on the marquee are ICE CREAM and SANDWICHES. The top one could be BREAKFAST but I’m not positive about that.
If the map is correct, this theater is only about a block from a statue of a major movie star.
“Brooklyn to me means the Loew’s Kings, Erasmus, the yeshiva I went to, the Dodgers, Prospect Park, great Chinese food,” Ms. Streisand said… Naturally the Cinema Treasure comes first.
“…the building behind it is due for replacement.” Ah, euphemism.
Digital projection has been installed: Tampa Bay Times story here. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has a story about the Ruskin and the Fun-Lan in Tampa in today’s print edition but I can’t find it online.
Times of Trenton story on the theater and its attempts to raise money for the digital conversion here.
Blogger Detroit Funk says that this theatre was threatened with demolition to make room for a condo project, but the deal has fallen through. He has marquee and lobby pictures (the last one is a really nice under-the-marquee shot) here.
The theater in the picture looks like it would have been numbered 366. If I’m reading this 1902 street map correctly, house numbers on State Street reached 321 at or near Congress before the renumbering in 1909, so I think 366 for a site south of Harrison would not be out of the question.
A few other streets than run parallel to Bryn Mawr in that general area have suburban Philadelphia-connected names like Ardmore and Rosemont (and Devon, although the Pennsylvanians pronounce it differently). I think even Hollywood was once the name of an estate near the Main Line.
The April 2010 page with the view of the Fortway as Chinese supermarket has been moved here.
Recent pictures of the Redford and its surroundings.
Not demolished, just fewer letters and bigger graffiti.
Somebody once told me that the optimum is to estimate how wide the screen is, and then sit that far back from the screen. I’ve never seen that confirmed anywhere though, and I’ve never really tried to put it into practice.
This should make the Oct 11 link clickable. When adding links to comments I generally copy and paste the sample line from the how to make links on Cinema Treasures page and replace the data. Although it should be possible to duplicate that style on the keyboard for some reason it doesn’t always seem to work for me.
Underage drinker blacks out, breaks fountain in theater: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/132088448.html
Another news story about how there’s nothing new with the Royal and the neighbors are starting to get ticked off.
The El spur was called the Normal Park branch. Chicago-L.org tells its story here.
Detroit Funk has visited the neighborhood, which has visibly deteriorated since the Google car last went through. Eighth picture from the top shows some of the theater.
Minor damage from last month’s earthquake leads to questions about building’s condition, talk of possible demolition. Philadelphia Inquirer column here.
Here is a picture of the block. The theater is in the white building at the right.
I’ve seen a number of street views on the site that were behind or around the corner from the theaters they were supposed to represent, but that one beat all. I got this page moved into reality…fat lot of good it did with the scaffolding around the building when Google came by.