Loew's Valencia Theatre
18 W. Lexington Street,
Baltimore,
MD
21202
18 W. Lexington Street,
Baltimore,
MD
21202
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In 1921, the Loew’s Century Theatre opened on W. Lexington Street between Charles Street and Cathedral Street, designed by John J. Zink, complete with a ballroom above the theatre.
Five years later, architect John Eberson was hired to convert the former ballroom space into a theater, designed in Atmospheric style, and called Loew’s Valencia Theatre, which opened on December 24, 1926 with Mae Murray in “Valencia” (A private screening had been held on the previous evening). Seating was provided on a single floor, apart from two small private boxes on each side of the projection booth.
The Loew’s Valencia Theatre was closed on May 18, 1952 (the Loew’s Century Theatre closed in early-1960), and both were razed in 1962, to make way for an office building, the Charles Center.
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I found some material on the Valencia which states that the theatre closed for good in 1955.
The Valencia opened on 24 December 1926 and had 1400 seats.
Here are two images, the first showing the atmospheric auditorium, and the second the shared signage with Loew’s Century:
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Here is a nice website with old ads for the Loew’s Valencia in Baltimore.
These are 1926 interior photos of Loew’s Valencia Theater at 18 W. Lexington Street. Photo1, Photo2, Photo3,
Photo4, Photo5, and Photo6.
Here are nine more interior photos.
Photo1, Photo2, Photo3, Photo4, Photo5, Photo6, Photo7, Photo8, and Photo9.
This theatre is not to be confused with the Loews Velencia in New York.
Thats should be Queens New York.
Is this the theatre that had a sky scene showing a bird slowly moving across the ceiling?
Marcus Loew was born on this date in 1870.Happy 141th.