Astor Theatre

722-728 Girard Avenue,
Philadelphia, PA 19123

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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 7, 2009 at 7:14 pm

The phillyhistory.org site places this 1961 photo at N. 7th and Girard. It looks like there is a Girard Theater at that spot, but it’s hard to tell exactly.
http://tinyurl.com/qa76zt

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 22, 2007 at 1:57 pm

A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 781 style “D” was installed in the Astor Theater on 2/7/1924.

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 19, 2007 at 10:58 am

The Philadelphia Architects and Buildings website gives the following info for this address:

German Theatre. Also known as: American Theatre (1911); Astor Theatre (1921); Lyric Theatre.

shoeshoe14
shoeshoe14 on July 9, 2007 at 4:36 pm

Was mentioned by Bob Hope on the Dick Cavett Show DVD.