Plaza Theatre
164 East Main Street,
Waterbury,
CT
164 East Main Street,
Waterbury,
CT
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Opened as the Garden Theatre, this old movie house became known as the Plaza and was later demolished.
Contributed by
Roger Katz
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I was in Waterbury on Monday and decided to visit every listed Waterbury movie theater, living or deceased. I couldn’t find this building on the right side of the street.
shoe: How could you miss the building? There’s a huge, brand-new arts magnet school where this theatre used to be.
Oh yeah, oops! The real entrance to that school is from the courtyard. Sometimes when you’re biking and exploring all day, you miss some things. I didn’t have time to write down all the theaters and what’s in their place, just the addresses.
A Robert-Morton theater organ was installed in the New Garden Theater in 1927.
It seems it had a few more names. It was originally Poli then the State, then the Garden and then Plaza. A dance hall was in the same building on the fourth floor and since the building was slightly on a hill, the feature was the sloping marquee. A picture is on page 58 of Images of America: Waterbury.
The Poli and State were across the street.
The Plaza and State Theater can be seen in this photo of East Main Street.
Here is a 1946 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/kvwv69
Another street scene.
Here is a 1940 newspaper ad:
http://tinyurl.com/m8kgtq