Philadelphia has both North Broad and South Broad Streets. I looked at all the Cinema Treasures maps for the city and I don’t find any listed theater within a couple blocks of (South) Broad and Reed—the Dante was about two blocks north, the Savoia about three blocks south.
Apparently some of the theater’s features were retained when it was adapted for retail, but it’s unknown if they will survive a conversion to a multi-user space. Brief story from Hidden City Philadelphia here.
A commenter at Hidden City Philadelphia says that the Poplar closed in 1935, then reopened in the ‘40s as the Poplar Cinema Art Theatre with a foreign film policy. The conversion to printer’s warehouse and bindery is said to have come in 1961.
“Brooklyn to me means the Loew’s Kings, Erasmus, the yeshiva I went to, the Dodgers, Prospect Park, great Chinese food,” Ms. Streisand said… Naturally the Cinema Treasure comes first.
Digital projection has been installed: Tampa Bay Times story here. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has a story about the Ruskin and the Fun-Lan in Tampa in today’s print edition but I can’t find it online.
Blogger Detroit Funk says that this theatre was threatened with demolition to make room for a condo project, but the deal has fallen through. He has marquee and lobby pictures (the last one is a really nice under-the-marquee shot) here.
The theater in the picture looks like it would have been numbered 366. If I’m reading this 1902 street map correctly, house numbers on State Street reached 321 at or near Congress before the renumbering in 1909, so I think 366 for a site south of Harrison would not be out of the question.
A few other streets than run parallel to Bryn Mawr in that general area have suburban Philadelphia-connected names like Ardmore and Rosemont (and Devon, although the Pennsylvanians pronounce it differently). I think even Hollywood was once the name of an estate near the Main Line.
Somebody once told me that the optimum is to estimate how wide the screen is, and then sit that far back from the screen. I’ve never seen that confirmed anywhere though, and I’ve never really tried to put it into practice.
Philadelphia has both North Broad and South Broad Streets. I looked at all the Cinema Treasures maps for the city and I don’t find any listed theater within a couple blocks of (South) Broad and Reed—the Dante was about two blocks north, the Savoia about three blocks south.
The Hotel Warner opens today.
Built circa 1922, remodeled and wired for sound 1929, remodeled again 1965, demolished 1978. Story of a pre-demolition sendoff here.
Address for the Western Lincoln matches that of the Marcus Cinema Chicago Heights.
Results of the study are in: restoration would run about $3.1 million. Philadelphia Inquirer column here.
Apparently some of the theater’s features were retained when it was adapted for retail, but it’s unknown if they will survive a conversion to a multi-user space. Brief story from Hidden City Philadelphia here.
A commenter at Hidden City Philadelphia says that the Poplar closed in 1935, then reopened in the ‘40s as the Poplar Cinema Art Theatre with a foreign film policy. The conversion to printer’s warehouse and bindery is said to have come in 1961.
Better late than never, the Boxoffice article on the States' owner.
The County has completed its digital conversion. Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
A small photo of the Lark accompanies this story.
A Box Office story from June 3, 1950 shows this house operating as the Cooper Theater, looking much the same as it does now.
Here is a link to the online version of the Star-Ledger story.
Pretty sure that the last two lines on the marquee are ICE CREAM and SANDWICHES. The top one could be BREAKFAST but I’m not positive about that.
If the map is correct, this theater is only about a block from a statue of a major movie star.
“Brooklyn to me means the Loew’s Kings, Erasmus, the yeshiva I went to, the Dodgers, Prospect Park, great Chinese food,” Ms. Streisand said… Naturally the Cinema Treasure comes first.
“…the building behind it is due for replacement.” Ah, euphemism.
Digital projection has been installed: Tampa Bay Times story here. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has a story about the Ruskin and the Fun-Lan in Tampa in today’s print edition but I can’t find it online.
Times of Trenton story on the theater and its attempts to raise money for the digital conversion here.
Blogger Detroit Funk says that this theatre was threatened with demolition to make room for a condo project, but the deal has fallen through. He has marquee and lobby pictures (the last one is a really nice under-the-marquee shot) here.
The theater in the picture looks like it would have been numbered 366. If I’m reading this 1902 street map correctly, house numbers on State Street reached 321 at or near Congress before the renumbering in 1909, so I think 366 for a site south of Harrison would not be out of the question.
A few other streets than run parallel to Bryn Mawr in that general area have suburban Philadelphia-connected names like Ardmore and Rosemont (and Devon, although the Pennsylvanians pronounce it differently). I think even Hollywood was once the name of an estate near the Main Line.
The April 2010 page with the view of the Fortway as Chinese supermarket has been moved here.
Recent pictures of the Redford and its surroundings.
Not demolished, just fewer letters and bigger graffiti.
Somebody once told me that the optimum is to estimate how wide the screen is, and then sit that far back from the screen. I’ve never seen that confirmed anywhere though, and I’ve never really tried to put it into practice.