Rialto Theatre
915 Broad Street,
Newark,
NJ
07102
915 Broad Street,
Newark,
NJ
07102
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rialto marquee on extreme left
Newark in the winter? You’re a better man than I, Roger.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. This theatre is demolished.
That’s great. Nothing beats an eyewitness. Thanks.
All there is across from city hall is trees.
That’s true and I’m not saying that the building is still standing. It probably is gone. I’m saying that someone that knows for a fact that the building has been demolished should post that information before the status is changed to demolished.
We also have your news article from 7/6/07 which puts the theater in the same block.
The keyword is IF? You don’t know it to be fact. That’s why I always say that someone from the area is the best source for this kind of information and not Google photos.
If the 915 Broad Street address is correct, then it wouldn’t be speculation. City Hall at 920 Broad, across the street, hasn’t gone anywhere in the past fifty years.
Speculating? If the above address is correct and the Google photo is showing the correct location, then it probably is demolished. Notice the disclaimer on Google, “Address is approximate”.
Looking at the Google photo, I would have to agree with Luis in his post of 6/29/08. The Rialto would have been across the street from City Hall. There are nothing but trees on that side of the street now. Status should be closex/demolished.
1924 program cover:
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It appears that this theater no longer exists.
An Austin theater organ opus 855 size 3/12 was installed in the Rialto Theater in 1920.
THEATRE IN NEWARK IS SOLD BY CHURCH; The Rialto and Stores in Broad St. Were Held Since 1824.
NY Times October 4, 1943
The Rialto Theatre and a two-story store and office building at 907 to 915 Broad Street, in Newark, N.J., have been purchased by the Newray Realty Corporation from the Third Presbyterian Congregation, which owned the property since 1824.
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Listed as part of Raybond Theatres Corp. in the 1956 Film Daily Yearbook.
Listed as part of Island Theatre Circuit in the 1961 Film Daily Yearbook.
Looks like it was a live performance theater during the 1920s. See ticket on this link:
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i also attended this theater, in the 1940s it was considered a dump. but i enjoyed going there .
This is a quote from View link
Further up on Broad Street, near City Hall, stood the Rialto Theatre, although I never went into it. Later on in the early 1960’s, I believe the Rialto became a “John’s Bargain Store”, a forerunner of today’s dollar emporiums.
This is all I can find about this place so far.