Biscayne Plaza Theatre

206 South Point Drive,
Miami Beach, FL 33139

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Tinseltoes
Tinseltoes on July 2, 2012 at 4:06 pm

The marquee was featured in this 1948 trade ad: boxofficemagazine

AlAlvarez
AlAlvarez on January 16, 2010 at 7:12 pm

Mike, that paper has two other interesting finds.

The First is the re-opening of the Fotosho which had been torn down and rebuilt that year on the same spot. The second is the ad for the Cameo in Allapattah which I had never heard of.

The Riviera mentioned in the copy was in Homestead.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 16, 2010 at 6:34 pm

Grand opening pages from the Miami News microfilms, which is online is at View link This theatre opened on November 25th, 1926

AlAlvarez
AlAlvarez on October 14, 2009 at 4:12 pm

According to Boxoffice Magazine, this location was demolished in 1959.

AlAlvarez
AlAlvarez on July 27, 2009 at 3:22 am

The map link above goes to Golden Beach, not South Beach Point, the real previous location of this theatre.

AlAlvarez
AlAlvarez on April 3, 2009 at 7:03 pm

Article on Biscayne Plaza opening in 1926.

View link

AlAlvarez
AlAlvarez on March 31, 2009 at 12:32 am

The Biscayne Plaza closed in 1951. It was renamed Plaza when Wometco took it over in 1935.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 3, 2007 at 1:04 am

A Kimball theater organ size 2/8 was installed in the Biscayne Plaza Theater in 1926.

miamiguy
miamiguy on July 4, 2007 at 10:12 pm

A note for anyone trying to find this location on a map —“Biscayne Street” in Miami Beach has been renamed “South Point Drive.”

I assume they renamed it so it wouldn’t conflict with “Biscayne Blvd” over in Miami.

btkrefft
btkrefft on September 24, 2004 at 3:34 am

A circa-1930 photo of the exterior of the Biscayne Plaza can be seen here.

bbin3d
bbin3d on September 21, 2004 at 10:28 pm

The address for this theatre should be 206 Biscayne Street.