Luxor Theatre

To view a pic from 2002 of this theatre building, click here:
http://kraybill.home.mindspring.com/44/44theatres.html

The Luxor has the distinction of being the Bronx outlet for the first Premiere Showcase in 1962.

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An Estey organ Opus 2219 was installed in the Luxor Theater in 1924 at a cost of $9,000.00.

Here is a photo of the Luxor Theater.

We went to the Luxor Theater two weeks ago and the orchestra floor houses a supermarket. You can notice forms of the balcony repainted in black. Managers kindly led us to the upper part which is used as storage space and the original ceiling and plaster works are still there, in clean state despite it was repainted in white.

This is a larger view of the photo that I posted on Jul 27, 2007.

Background on the name Luxor: Is an anglicization of the Arabic "Al Uqsor," meaning, "The Castle." This is in reference to the ruins of a Roman legion fortress, which, at the time of the Arab conquest of Egypt in the 7th Century, were still standing around the already very ancient temple built there in Pharaonic times by Amenhotep III, Rameses II, and others. Later, the town which existed there took on the name. Since is is easily pronounced by Westerners, and perhaps due to its similarity to things bringing to mind "luxury," is has been a popular name to associate with Egyptian things.

This link replaces the link posted on Jun 3, 2008 at 10:02am.

Here is a photo of the supermarket:
http://tinyurl.com/5kyxfz

Here is a 2/21/28 story from the NYT:

HOLD UP THEATRE, LOBBY CROWDED; Thieves, Posing as Revenue Men, Enter Office, Tie Up Three and Escape With $2,200. TRIO TRICKS THE DOORMAN They Display Badges and He Escorts Them Into Bronx Movie, Where They Whip Out Pistols.

Three robbers escaped with $2,200 from the safe of the Luxor Theatre, a moving picture house at 208 East 170th Street, the Bronx, yesterday afternoon, after they had been led to the theatre office by a credulous doorman to whom they said thay were revenue men performing their duty.

Then the address should be 210 East 170th since the entrance to the supermarket is in the same location as the entrance to the theater.

There should be a supermarket function, instead of being lumped into retail. Retail can be a tiny storefront, whereas supermarket implies at least a medium-sized building.

I suggested that a long time ago. Hasn't been added so far.