Capital Theatre
1237 N. 52nd Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19131
1237 N. 52nd Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19131
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For many young people growing up in West Philadelphia, the Capital, Nixon, and the Locust St. theater – were parts of our daily lives. The Capital still stands, and is currenlty used as retail.
The spelling of the name of this Capital Theatre with an ‘a’ (which incidently is the correct English spelling) is unusual for an American theatre. It is correct in this case as that is how the name was spelt on the marquee (as seen in a photo), making this Capital Theatre unique.
I note that there is only one other example on Cinema Treasures (in the USA section) and that is the Strand-Capital Performing Arts Center, York. PA. Looking at their web-site link that one should be with an ‘o’.