Carlton Theatre
2633 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10025
2633 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10025
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Opened in 1912. In October of 1952 it shared a block ad with the Greenwich Theatre and Schuyler Theatre playing very late run double bills.
The building was demolished in the summer of 2005.
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An article on builder W.E.B. Stokes in the Real Estate section of The New York Times (August 28, 2005), mentions that he built this theatre on Broadway, just south of 100th Street, as The Riverview in 1912. When the Carlton closed it was converted to a public hall and in 1980 became a supermarket, demolished recently for apartments. Stokes also built The Ansonia Hotel on Broadway (73rd-74th) which opened in 1903.
Yes, it is listed in the American Motion Picture Directory 1914 -1915 as the Riverview Theatre. In the Film Daily Yearbook;1926 edition it is listed as the Keystone Theatre with 1,042 seats and the same in the 1930 F.D.Y.
Is this the building that partially collapsed during demolition, a few weeks ago?
Yes, Rick.
The city lists a 600 seat motion picture theater at this address in 1933. It was an existing building so it was a theater prior to 1933. The architect given is Raymond Irrera located at 2521 Broadway. In April of 1954 a new not altered building is listed at this address and its purpose was a catering establishment, music and public dancing.
The New York City building permits database has a new building listed for this address in 1912. It was a “1-st[or]y theatre and moving picture show” designed by architect H.B. Herts for a Mr. William E. D. Stokes. The cost listed for the project was $35,000.
If the Carlton was this 1912 project, it would have been either Herts as the sole architect, or Herts with Herbert J. Krapp (though the database entry doesn’t list Krapp) as Herts and Hugh Tallant had dissolved their partnership by 1911, but Krapp, once an apprentice at their firm, continued to work with Herts until 1915.
I’ve been unable to find in the database any mention of a building designed by Raymond Irrera at this address. Perhaps he was responsible a remodeling job.
This Theater was originally called The Riverview. It became the Carlton Theater then the Carlton Terrace Ballroom.
Here’s a program for the Keystone Theatre from May 1925, listing the address as Broadway between 99th and 100th Streets. Is that the same address of the Carlton Theatre?
The theater was showing double features of silent films in 1925. The entire program can be seen at [url]http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/new_york_keystone_may2_1925.htm[/url].
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=215883798458205&set=a.144157672297485.25551.138129482900304&type=1&theater picture and info from Christopher Gray’s facebook page.
The November 15, 1913, issue of The Moving Picture World had a short article about the Riverview Theatre. Judging from the description the magazine gave, the auditorium must have been rather tunnel-like, being 219 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 35 feet high. The projection booth extended above the rear part of the seating, with a throw of 150 feet to the 14x18-foot screen.