Ridge Avenue Theatre

1734 Ridge Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19130

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Ridge Avenue Theatre

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The Ridge Avenue opened in 1919 with a seating capacity listed as 780. Closed as a motion picture in 1952. The property was puchased in May of 1990 by Alfred Williams and opened as the House of Worship.

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 20, 2006 at 5:41 pm

This 1977 photo shows a theater on Ridge above Lyceum in Roxborough with the partial name “MAN”. I looked at the Philadelphia list and only saw the Goldman on 15th in Center City. Any info on the identity of this theater would be appreciated:
http://tinyurl.com/j3zc3

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 10, 2007 at 5:31 pm

This is a 1933 photo of a Ridge Theater at the above address.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 13, 2007 at 8:26 am

Here is a 1934 photo of the Ridge Avenue Theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 20, 2007 at 8:48 am

A Moller theater organ opus 3099 size 2/10 was installed in the Ridge Avenue Theater in 1921.

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