Ambassador Theatre
5542 Baltimore Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19143
5542 Baltimore Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19143
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The Ambassador Theatre opened in 1921 with a seating capacity of 1,000. It was considered one of the elite West Philadelphia neighborhood theatres. It featured a ten-foot high building width electric sign above the theatre mounted to the roof that was removed in 1956. The Ambassador Theatre closed in early-1958.
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A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Ambassador Theater in 1921.
I remember as a child living in West Philadelphia, going to the Ambassador theatre at 57th and Baltimore. If you ride the trolly out of the 60th and Baltimore loop, as you ride toward center city, you can still see the facade of the theatre. Look upward at the front corners and you can see the letters “AMBASSADOR” still etched in the deco window panes. Further up at about 55th and Baltimore stood the Sherwood Theatre on an island in the street. The Sherwood was demolished. Sweet memories.
I remember for a brief period mid to late 70’s it was a dance club.
Small photos can be seen here.
The building still stands, but the marquee is gone altogether.
This is a larger view of one of the Irvin Glazer photos posted on June 3, 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/nrw2wp
Isn’t that copyrighted?
3 Feb 1958 Box Office (available online) reported that the Ambassador closed