Boyd Theatre
28 N. Ninth Street,
Allentown,
PA
18101
28 N. Ninth Street,
Allentown,
PA
18101
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The Embassy Theatre was located on N. 9th Street at W. Court Street. It was in operation prior to 1929. In the late-1930’s it was renamed Boyd Theatre. It was still operating in 1950.
Any further information of the Boyd Theatre would be appreciated.
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Chuck
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This posting says it was demolished around 1971.
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1970/71 would be around the right time for this demolition. I remember that I was about 7 year’s old and with my parents on our way to Hess Brothers Department Store as we came from the parking lot that was behind the theater, down the half street that ran along it’s south wall, just as the wrecking ball was swinging into what I believe now to have been what was left of the balcony. I just remember seeing all this fancy plasterwork and gilding and thinking it looked so beautiful, why would anyone want to destroy it? By the next time I came through, Pennsylvania Power and Light had built a big modern addition on the site that was attached onto its tower that bridged over the half street. I remember being afraid to walk under it for fear it would fall down on me!
1969 photo of the Boyd Theatre via American Classics.
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Chuck1231
The photo that you posted above is not the Boyd in Allentown, Pa., but rather the Boyd Theatre in EASTON, Pa.
I had posted this info once before, and notice now that it has been removed. This photo had been attached to the Easton posting, but is now gone from there and has for some reason returned here.
Not all listings on americanclassicimages are correct.
I know the theatre in that photo only too well, as I had my first theatre job there as an usher, and latter leased the theatre. I was the final operator, having closed it in May of 1972 when I lost my lease when it had been purchased by E-Park to be demolished for a parking lot.
oops! I noticed it said Allentown. Have now posted it at Easton. Thanks, Richard.
So gorgeous on its exterior.
I had it posted to Easton and was told it was the Boyd in Allentown. I had it right the first time. I thought I was right the first time because I had compared it to photos of the Boyd in Easton and it looked the same.
Chuck,
Sorry. I saw only the photo caption. I didn’t see your comparision. Where are the other photos of the Boyd in Easton? Well, please post any such links on that theater’s page. For obvious reasons, I’m interested in any theaters that Alexander Boyd operated.
Isn’t this theater demolished? Status still says closed.
Here is a photo in November 1939 from Boxoffice magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/ycef7yp
The link for the photo in Boxoffice magazine Mar 16, 2010 post appears to be broken. Is there another way to get the photo? I am the originator of the pennlive.com forum mentioned above in the Apr 17, 2009 post. I am still seeking info that will lead me to the whereabouts of my mother’s painting that last hung in the Boyd in Allentown.