Star Theatre
2640 Kensington Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19125
2640 Kensington Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19125
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The Star Theatre was built in 1914, designed by architect Carl P. Berger. The theatre is now a church.
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A tiny hole-in-the-wall theater. It had no lobby to speak of. You practically walked right into the theater which was separated from the street only by a curtain in a doorway. I remember seeing the original “The Thing” here.
I worked on the building in the early 90’s the outreach center down Kensington Avenue had bought it for taxes and we were using it as a soup kitchen. We showed Monday night football on the big screen. Some years earlier it had been flatten up word and turned into a dance hall but the old hardwood was in total disrepair by then. Sure would love to see the place again.
A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 965 style 100 was installed in the Star Theater on 12/15/1924.
Here is an undated photo from the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings site. The photo is from the Irin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/2lofyc
Here is the PAB site with additional information.
Another shot of the Star marquee may be found here.
The marquee is now gone, as is the blue paint seen in the preceding photo.