Diamond Theatre

2119-2123 Germantown Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19122

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amby_moho
amby_moho on January 19, 2022 at 11:55 am

Obsessed with this building. Hoping to get it nominated

rivest266
rivest266 on October 7, 2016 at 1:29 pm

Riot on July 27th, 1937.

https://philly.newspapers.com/clip/6933981/diamond_theatre_riot/

TheALAN
TheALAN on February 4, 2014 at 11:16 pm

Warren, here is a more specific address: — 2117-7123 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19122. On Germantown Avenue, the theater is at North 6th Street between Diamond Street and West Susquehanna Avenue. The theater opened in 1920 as the Cohooksink Theatre, was renamed the Diamond Theatre (c. 1937), and finally became the Teatro Puerto Rico in the 1960’s.

What does the 1,657-seat Park Theatre, at 31st and Diamond Streets, have to do with the Diamond Street? They’re twenty-five blocks apart! You mention that there was also a 927-seat Diamond Theatre on Germantown Avenue. That is the one and the same as the Diamond Theatre on this Cinema Treasures page!

TheALAN
TheALAN on February 4, 2014 at 10:22 pm

Would anyone be able to share when this theater closed? After its closure, a Puerto Rican congregation used the space for religious services. Today, the building appears vacant. “FOR SALE” is scribbled on the façade.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on December 11, 2009 at 8:25 pm

Here is an undated photo from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/yakgkkb

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 9, 2009 at 11:37 am

Here is a contemporary view. The building is still standing but is not in use:
http://tinyurl.com/qmowk4

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 12, 2007 at 10:35 am

Here is a 1967 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/38cj4a

RickB
RickB on September 17, 2004 at 7:52 am

I believe this building was originally called the Diamond Theater. The actual address was on Germantown Avenue, a diagonal street that passes very close to the 6th & Diamond intersection. In the ‘80s this theater would occasionally show up in the Philadelphia Inquirer’s neighborhood movie listings; by then the films were typical Hollywood releases but the theater was still called the Puerto Rico.