Uploaded a 1935 photo from the Ed Wind Collection which I found on Facebook. Obviously, someone added the identifying title rather than the theatre ever having been named as such.
Windows still broken. However, the recessed lights on the marquee were lit today and a few floodlights have been installed at the roof line since I was last there. Next report July 4th.
I remember seeing the scenery on, as you point out, Seventh Avenue, and walking past the entrance on Broadway when I became a theatre goer in the late 1950s and a Long Island commuter in the 1960s. The only time I was in the old Met was for a children’s matinee of Carmen with Irra Petina as part of a 7th grade trip. Before I retired I did, however, attend many performances at Lincoln Center.
I found a reference that the building dates back to 1924 when it was the garage for the original theatre which was across the street. The link for the detail is not operational. A garage for a theatre?
On August 18, 1914 the Town of Ashland deeded a property which had been an alleyway for development. This was the site of the Ashland Theatre. The theatre was expanded in 1943 reopening as the New Ashland Theatre. The building was sold in 1968, perhaps when it closed.
In 2005 the Steele family purchased the building and after renovations reopened it as a perform art center the following year. No clue what happened prior to the purchase by the Steels.
Uploaded a 1981 photo by Peter Laskaris.
Uploaded a 1982 photo by Peter Laskaris when it was still a single screen theatre.
Uploaded 1981 photo by Peter Laskaris.
Uploaded a 1935 photo from the Ed Wind Collection which I found on Facebook. Obviously, someone added the identifying title rather than the theatre ever having been named as such.
Uploaded photo from 1988 Middletown: A Photographic History.
Uploaded an early photo as the Alhambra from the 1988 Middletown: A Photographic History.
Uploaded the photo referred to by bazookadave.
A shopping center was constructed at this address in 2001. Presumably the Windsor was a short lived theatre in it.
There is a YouTube tour of the place. Don’t have the tech savvy to provide a link.
Uploaded November 1967 schedule.
Uploaded an image from the June 27, 1924 Fairmount News in which an ad for the Royal appeared indicating both live and filmed offerings.
The Palace Bar is still open. Therefore, the address is 121 S. Main Street. The building was constructed in 1905.
Windows still broken. However, the recessed lights on the marquee were lit today and a few floodlights have been installed at the roof line since I was last there. Next report July 4th.
Uploaded a photo of the entrance and a street shot when it was the Tatler.
Uploaded a current photo. Although the entrance was narrow it was certainly dramatic.
Nice photos ridethetrain. I wonder what the seating capacity was when it was a single screen theatre.
Ken, that is really an impressive use of the space.
I remember seeing the scenery on, as you point out, Seventh Avenue, and walking past the entrance on Broadway when I became a theatre goer in the late 1950s and a Long Island commuter in the 1960s. The only time I was in the old Met was for a children’s matinee of Carmen with Irra Petina as part of a 7th grade trip. Before I retired I did, however, attend many performances at Lincoln Center.
I found a reference that the building dates back to 1924 when it was the garage for the original theatre which was across the street. The link for the detail is not operational. A garage for a theatre?
RPX stands for Regal Premium Experience which translates to pricey.
Remember the old Metropolitan Opera House where the scenery was actually stored outside the building on 39th Street?
According to the newspaper article about the fire, in the photos section, the loss was estimated at $100,000.
Also have uploaded a 1948 photo of the Dale by Sean Ault. At that time, according to the marquee, the building was for rent.
JackieP since it was family owned do you have more information and pictures to share?
On August 18, 1914 the Town of Ashland deeded a property which had been an alleyway for development. This was the site of the Ashland Theatre. The theatre was expanded in 1943 reopening as the New Ashland Theatre. The building was sold in 1968, perhaps when it closed.
In 2005 the Steele family purchased the building and after renovations reopened it as a perform art center the following year. No clue what happened prior to the purchase by the Steels.
The address is 98 Court Square.
Uploaded past and present images.
In its day it was operated by the Ingram family of Ashland together with the Ingram Theatre in that town.