Lyceum Theatre
906 Third Avenue,
New York,
NY
10022
906 Third Avenue,
New York,
NY
10022
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Situated near 55th Street, the Lyceum was an early East Side cinema that did not survive the transition to sound movies. More information is needed about the Lyceum’s history and the current status of the site.
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Warren G. Harris
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906 Third Avenue is now the address of “Flowers by Nicholas” which occupies street level retail space in an apartment building on the corner of 55th and 3rd. The apartment buiding is post 1950 confirming that the Lyceum, or any vestiges thereof, no longer exists.
Here’s a picture of a very old Lyceum Theater in New York; unfortunately, unlike most of the pictures on this website, no address is given, so it may or may not be this particular Lyceum: http://www.josephhaworth.com/lyceum_theatre.htm
Featured in a 1920 Paramount Week ad.
I do not believe that the picture of the Lyceum Theatre linked above on 2/9/10 is the one at 3rd Avenue and 55th Street.
The reason being is that “Annie Russell”, whose name is on the marquee and who was a prominent actress at the time, appeared in 4 different plays at the Lyceum Theatre between April 1897 and March 1902. This particular Lyceum was built in 1885 on 4th Avenue (now Park Avenue South?) between 23rd and 24th Streets. It had the distinction of being built under the personal supervision of Thomas Edison and being the first theater in New York City to be entirely lighted by electricity. The Lyceum was demolished in 1902 because the site was annexed by the
Met Life Building.