Ambassador Theatre

5542 Baltimore Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19143

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HowardBHaas
HowardBHaas on February 10, 2010 at 10:40 am

3 Feb 1958 Box Office (available online) reported that the Ambassador closed

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 7, 2009 at 5:06 am

Isn’t that copyrighted?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on August 6, 2009 at 10:46 pm

This is a larger view of one of the Irvin Glazer photos posted on June 3, 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/nrw2wp

finkysteet
finkysteet on July 16, 2008 at 5:09 pm

The building still stands, but the marquee is gone altogether.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 3, 2008 at 6:17 am

Small photos can be seen here.

Phillyguy1
Phillyguy1 on June 2, 2008 at 11:03 pm

I remember for a brief period mid to late 70’s it was a dance club.

miragirl
miragirl on February 22, 2008 at 9:19 pm

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.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 17, 2007 at 4:17 am

A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Ambassador Theater in 1921.

jward
jward on January 6, 2006 at 5:26 pm

Does anyone have any further information regarding this theatre?