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Texas2step commented about Ace Theatre on Jun 30, 2018 at 7:24 pm

The address is 220 Main Street. The Ace was still advertising on January 1, 1965.

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Texas2step commented about Ace Theatre on Jun 29, 2018 at 6:18 pm

The name was changed from Brandenburg to Ace Theatre in 1941.

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Texas2step commented about Lyric Theatre on Jun 19, 2018 at 7:19 pm

A land surveyor is currently located at this address. Function could be set to office space.

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Texas2step commented about Orpheum Theatre on Jun 18, 2018 at 7:49 pm

The address is 87 East Main Street. The building still exists. Function should be restaurant. The following information comes from a National Register of Historic Places Registration Form.

87 E. Main Street (restored 2012)

Bee-Hive/Orphium Theater

This 3½-story brick building with Italianate features has a tall parapet wall with a slightly pitched gable roof. The front façade was recently renovated based on historic photographic documentation. The building had been covered by a mid-century masonry façade with nonoriginal fenestration. The façade at the first floor level has a contemporary wooden storefront with a recessed double entrance door and is flanked by wooden pilasters at each end. The upper facade is symmetrical, and the 2nd and third floor levels each have 3 bays with 6/6 double hung wood windows and wooden window hoods.

The facade is capped with a wooden box cornice with brackets above rectangular louvered vents. The renovation included the rehabilitation of the original brick facade and restoration of the original fenestration pattern at the upper levels. The parapet wall and cornice, windows and wooden window trim were all replicated based on historic documentation.

This building served as the “Bee-Hive” store, which sold dry goods, china and fancy goods, from 1896-1907. In 1909, it was converted to the Orphium Theater, which occupied the space until 1952. Since that time, it served as additional space for Montgomery Ward, a thrift shop, and a dance studio.

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Texas2step commented about Strand Theatre on Jun 14, 2018 at 7:49 pm

This one opened on September 17, 1937 with Gene Autry in “The Big Show”.

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Texas2step commented about Essex Theatre on Jun 4, 2018 at 8:01 pm

A December 1940 article states that the Essex Theatre was previously known as the Star Theatre. Kallet renovated the Star and renamed it the Essex. The proposed opening of the Essex Theatre was December 31, 1940.

Prior to the Essex Theatre opening, there was an Empire Theatre operating in Port Henry, New York which closed just before the Essex Theatre opened.

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Texas2step commented about Ronkonkoma Theatre on Jun 1, 2018 at 8:10 pm

This one opened on July 2, 1960 with 550 seats.

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Texas2step commented about Sayville Theatre on May 16, 2018 at 6:33 pm

This one reopened as the Sayville Theatre on May 28, 1930.

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Texas2step commented about Manlius Art Cinema on May 14, 2018 at 8:13 pm

The address is 135 East Seneca Street. This one was also known as the Colonial Theatre. The Strand reopened as the Colonial on September 14, 1948.

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Texas2step commented about Flanders Drive-In on May 13, 2018 at 8:03 pm

This one opened on June 10, 1955.

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Texas2step commented about Palace Theater on May 12, 2018 at 8:13 pm

This one opened on May 29, 1926.

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Texas2step commented about Brandt's Yonkers Theatre on May 10, 2018 at 8:07 pm

If this one did open as the Andrus Theatre, it didn’t operate under that name for very long. Loew’s Yonkers Theatre opened on February 2, 1928.

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Texas2step commented about Star Theatre on May 8, 2018 at 8:08 pm

This one should be listed as demolished. The Star theatre was a wooden structure that was destroyed by fire on December 2, 1940.

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Texas2step commented about Baldwin Theatre on Apr 30, 2018 at 8:12 pm

Unless another Baldwin Theatre existed on Grand Avenue in 1915, this one opened on December 24, 1915.

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Texas2step commented about Glenwood Theatre on Apr 29, 2018 at 6:15 pm

This one opened on September 23, 1921.

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Texas2step commented about Criterion Twin Theatre on Apr 28, 2018 at 7:27 pm

This one closed in February of 1984.

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Texas2step commented about Parthenon Theatre on Apr 23, 2018 at 8:25 pm

Actually, this one opened on February 25, 1921. The feature film was “Outside The Law” with Priscilla Dean.

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Texas2step commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Apr 21, 2018 at 7:43 pm

The opening movie at the RKO Madison in 1927 was “Underworld” with George Bancroft.

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Texas2step commented about Grandview Theater on Apr 21, 2018 at 6:32 pm

A Grandview Theatre located at Gates Avenue and Grandview Avenue was advertising in April of 1912.

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Texas2step commented about Imperial Theatre on Apr 18, 2018 at 8:23 pm

This one opened on May 2, 1914.

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Texas2step commented about RKO Alden Theatre on Apr 12, 2018 at 7:53 pm

In May of 1929 this one was advertising as the Mutual Theatre, formerly the Shubert Theatre.

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Texas2step commented about Ideal Drive-In on Apr 8, 2018 at 8:33 pm

This one opened on October 12, 1950 with Donald O'Connor in “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby”.

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Texas2step commented about Strand Theatre on Apr 6, 2018 at 6:28 pm

This one opened on May 21, 1927. The architect was J. Mills Platt of Rochester, New York.

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Texas2step commented about Port Washington Cinemas on Apr 2, 2018 at 8:12 pm

This one opened as the Beacon Theatre on October 15, 1927.

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Texas2step commented about State Theatre on Mar 31, 2018 at 8:09 pm

This one opened as the Quirk Theatre on February 17, 1913. Reopened as the State Theatre on October 30, 1935.