St. Elizabeth’s Hospital breaks ground on $95 million improvement
11/19/2002 CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont officially broke ground on $95 million in improvements that have already been underway. The new improvements include an outpatient center, a five-story medical office building and a six-story parking garage all attached to the hospital by overhead walkways. The new improvements will be at the site of the old Gaylynn Theater, which was torn down in September.The expansion will enable the hospital to serve more patients and improve their accessibility to services, said Ed Meyers, president of Christus Health Southeast Texas.
Attached newspaper ad shows that the cinema was part of General Cinema and open as of 4/30/79:
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Old postcard:
http://www.lileks.com/mpls/palace/index.html
Newer photos:
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Theater at left in this 1956 photo:
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Look at these happy people at a premiere back in 1952:
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1960 photo here:
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Numerous old photos at this link:
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old photo:
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Old postcard here (note different address):
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Here’s a construction photo:
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Old photo at this link:
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Great old photo at this link:
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Great link LM. Did you notice the photo link at the bottom of the modern photo? Great restoration – they probably used the older photo as a guideline.
Site is now part of a hospital:
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital breaks ground on $95 million improvement
11/19/2002 CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont officially broke ground on $95 million in improvements that have already been underway. The new improvements include an outpatient center, a five-story medical office building and a six-story parking garage all attached to the hospital by overhead walkways. The new improvements will be at the site of the old Gaylynn Theater, which was torn down in September.The expansion will enable the hospital to serve more patients and improve their accessibility to services, said Ed Meyers, president of Christus Health Southeast Texas.
Another print – this time of the interior with children at a talent show (may be slow to load):
http://randywelborn.com/003.shtml
You can see a beautiful print at this link:
http://randywelborn.com/007.shtml
Looks like it opened on 11/18/49. Here is a link to an artist’s interpretation of the theater from 1956:
http://randywelborn.com/008.shtml
You might browse this site for other theaters of interest to you.
Unfortunately, the artist also reports this theater as demolished.
small image at this link, don’t expand w/o paid subscription:
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Library of Congress photo
Basic information here:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/njtdriv
History at this link:
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Photo at this link (approx halfway down):
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Limited information at this site:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/matriv2
Managed by Mr. Eddie Steinberg from the mid 1950s until its closure in 1968.
Photo from 2003:
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This is a nice view courtesy of the NYPL.