RKO Proctor's 125th Street Theatre
112 E. 125th Street,
Harlem,
New York,
NY
10035
112 E. 125th Street,
Harlem,
New York,
NY
10035
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The RKO Proctor’s 125th street on a postcard view here:
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This closed in late 1953 after a run of “So Big” and “The Moonlighter”.
Nice postcard veiw.
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references to proctors opera house 125th St. Near 8th Avenue
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Where is the theatre in the Google Maps view? I see a bank, which was always a bank. Perhaps the “corrector” mistook it for a theatre?
The theater at the address was the Columbus Theater build by Oscar I in 1890. Information on it can be found http://www.npclibrary.org/db/bb_files/00-HAMILTON-THEATER.pdf
Al’s postcard image from February 21, 2010, of the RKO Proctor’s 125th Street states the location as “West of Seventh Avenue.” Actually, the vintage postcard shows the Keith’s & Proctor’s 125th Street. This may have been the opera house that iatse311 found reference to in the Museum of City of New York site he linked to on July 21, 2010.
Here’s an active version to the link WelcometoHarlem posted earlier today. The reference to the Columbus Theatre at this address is near the bottom of page 2 in the right hand column. That AKA has already been noted on this page by CT.
Thank you, Ed. I understand the post now.
By the way, I also thank you for teaching me how to hyperlink!
On a personal note, I think you would ‘need’ to see this: I don’t know how to buffer it. It hurts too much.
http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2012/02/inside-elk.html
Thanks, Al. Know that location well from my travels in and around the area.