I don’t have a way to find out when this building was constructed. It could be that the Greenwich was part of the building. However, if the building was erected after the theater opened, it’s more likely that the theater was bulldozed.
A very large building occupies the entire odd side of the block between 15th and 16th. It looks like the primary tenant is the Port of New York. If this structure was built after 1927, it’s likely that the Greenwich was one of the businesses razed to make way for the new building.
Here is a photo taken from Google maps showing the Templo Adventista at 4138 W. North. Looks like the funeral home is now a church. http://tinyurl.com/638pfp
This article mentions the COGIC church youth center. I think the blogger made a mistake as he listed the center at the same address as a diner which he mentioned in the same paragraph. http://tinyurl.com/6xdyvy
It looks like it says LOGIC or COGIC Youth Center on the sign, but I didn’t come up with anything on the internet. I think the Google photo was taken some years after the 2000 photo. I don’t think Google started photographing street locations until 2005 or 2006.
You can’t see it in my photo, but the plaque stating “Church of Christ” as seen in the 2000 view has now been erased.
This is a photo I took off of Google maps. There is an auto repair shop at 3685 a few doors down. That plus the function as church leads to the conclusion that this is the New Rex. It looks like the sign says Youth Center, but that could be a church program. http://tinyurl.com/5dunhq
If you look at the photos on Google, you may agree with me that the old building exists with a new false front that has some retail busineses. 1316 doesn’t exist any more as a street address, though. The bakery on the corner is 1318, while the business next to it is 1314. If you swing around to 176th Street, you can see what looks like a long narrow building extending about halfway down the block. Of course, this whole discussion presupposes that the area now looks as it did when they were taking the photos.
Before it fizzled out, the link above showed Commercial Bindery, Inc. at 2911 Stickney in Toledo. An internet search shows the bindery still open at this address.
There is a bank on the corner of Eighth (Frederick Douglass Avenue) and 116th, listed as 2149 Eighth. The rest of the block up to 115th is a very large hole in the ground. 2139 Eighth would have been part of that side of the street. Perhaps the theater is no more.
This might help:
http://tinyurl.com/6kujzl
I don’t have a way to find out when this building was constructed. It could be that the Greenwich was part of the building. However, if the building was erected after the theater opened, it’s more likely that the theater was bulldozed.
A very large building occupies the entire odd side of the block between 15th and 16th. It looks like the primary tenant is the Port of New York. If this structure was built after 1927, it’s likely that the Greenwich was one of the businesses razed to make way for the new building.
Here is a photo taken from Google maps. The white sign says “Theater Rentals”.
http://tinyurl.com/5axwy2
There is a photo of the temple on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/6p4rso
There is a photo on this page:
http://tinyurl.com/5cjwgu
Here is a photo taken from Google maps:
http://tinyurl.com/5nawvd
This article states that the owner of a spa at 624 W. 31st converted the theater into part of the business in 1996:
http://tinyurl.com/5ggwa3
Here is a listing for a church at 4138 W. North:
http://tinyurl.com/63c86f
Here is a photo taken from Google maps showing the Templo Adventista at 4138 W. North. Looks like the funeral home is now a church.
http://tinyurl.com/638pfp
No, I didn’t know that. My feeling is that this should remain a church. That’s what all the evidence points to.
This article mentions the COGIC church youth center. I think the blogger made a mistake as he listed the center at the same address as a diner which he mentioned in the same paragraph.
http://tinyurl.com/6xdyvy
It looks like it says LOGIC or COGIC Youth Center on the sign, but I didn’t come up with anything on the internet. I think the Google photo was taken some years after the 2000 photo. I don’t think Google started photographing street locations until 2005 or 2006.
You can’t see it in my photo, but the plaque stating “Church of Christ” as seen in the 2000 view has now been erased.
This is a photo I took off of Google maps. There is an auto repair shop at 3685 a few doors down. That plus the function as church leads to the conclusion that this is the New Rex. It looks like the sign says Youth Center, but that could be a church program.
http://tinyurl.com/5dunhq
The Congress is now the Clara Muhammmad School. The building is still standing. Function should be changed to school.
My conclusion is that the function should be retail.
If you look at the photos on Google, you may agree with me that the old building exists with a new false front that has some retail busineses. 1316 doesn’t exist any more as a street address, though. The bakery on the corner is 1318, while the business next to it is 1314. If you swing around to 176th Street, you can see what looks like a long narrow building extending about halfway down the block. Of course, this whole discussion presupposes that the area now looks as it did when they were taking the photos.
Here is a photo of 4049 W. 26th as taken from Google maps:
http://tinyurl.com/5sd4s4
For sale on loopnet. No price listed, though:
http://tinyurl.com/6ldgbf
For sale at 1.795 million:
http://tinyurl.com/6hhnwj
Here is an exterior photo from Google maps:
http://tinyurl.com/6k8pg7
Here is a 1928 photo from Google books:
http://tinyurl.com/6jwe29
Before it fizzled out, the link above showed Commercial Bindery, Inc. at 2911 Stickney in Toledo. An internet search shows the bindery still open at this address.
Here is a photo from Google maps:
http://tinyurl.com/5plufz
There is a bank on the corner of Eighth (Frederick Douglass Avenue) and 116th, listed as 2149 Eighth. The rest of the block up to 115th is a very large hole in the ground. 2139 Eighth would have been part of that side of the street. Perhaps the theater is no more.
The Bunny is discussed in this April 2003 article:
http://tinyurl.com/583cf7