Bromley Theatre
5810 Old York Road,
Philadelphia,
PA
19141
5810 Old York Road,
Philadelphia,
PA
19141
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I went by it today. A business, retail perhaps, is going inside. Workers were on the roof doing something.
RG mentioned that the building was empty back on Jan 15, 2008 at 5:39am. I guess I should also start repeating information myself.
The dance hall is discussed here:
http://tinyurl.com/56udk5
You can still see the Bingo sign on Google. Status should be closed.
Here is an item from Boxoffice magazine, February 1955:
Harold Eskin is not going to operate the Bromley after April, and the theater is scheduled for conversion to a dance hall.
Here is a 5/23/52 photo from the same source as the one on 1/14/08. The photo was mistakenly placed on the Byrd Theater page.
http://tinyurl.com/65q6na
The building is empty once again and for rent. A BINGO business was the last to operate out of the theater. rg
Junior Miss with Peggy Ann Garner and Allyn Joslyn was released in November of 1946.
Here is an expanded view of Chuck’s thumbnail of 4/2/05, from the PAB site. The photo is from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/36ojfw
I think it was a medical center for awhile. Now, it is a Bingo hall, and the marquee says bingo. I went inside, but the ceilings had been lowered, so there was very little to see of interest.
The single story Bromley is still there and owned by Michael Garofalo of Philadelphia, the building is used for a retail store.
Yes, the building survives. You can see the exterior of the auditorium from outside.
Here is a link to a thumbnail of the Bromley Theatre.
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