News Theatre
1230 Market Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
1230 Market Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
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William H. Lee designed this small, 400-seat Streamline Moderne newsreel theater in 1937. It was located on Market Street near 12th Street (not far from the Gallery at Market Street East). The theater closed in the early 70s.
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Like its Market Street neighbors the Palace and the Family aka Apollo, the News played out its last years as an all-night grind house showing B movies and eventually adult features. It had a very narrow frontage on Market Street, with the name “NEWS” spelled out vertically in tile above the entrance. Demolished along with the Palace and several other structures to make way for the 1234 Market office building.
The News Theatre closed in 1971.
Although the image has been reversed, you can see the News in this 1941 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/evbkr
Rendering from 9-15-1937 The Exhibitor here:
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