The Star Ledger
Farewell to Asbury Park … again
Sunday, July 03, 2005
BY WALLACE STROBY
“By the 1970s, nearby malls had all but suffocated Asbury’s once- thriving business district, leaving the town almost strictly an entertainment destination. Into the mid- ‘70s there were still six operating movie theaters in Asbury Park — 1920s-era movie palaces such as the Mayfair and the Paramount, and smaller venues like The St. James, the Lyric, the Savoy and the Baronet. With the rise of the multiplexes, these too soon vanished. The Lyric was the only one to survive, eventually rechristened the Park, an adults-only grindhouse adjoining Palace Amusements that proudly advertised "matinees daily.” The Park itself came down last year, along with the Palace."
The Star Ledger
Farewell to Asbury Park … again
Sunday, July 03, 2005
BY WALLACE STROBY
“By the 1970s, nearby malls had all but suffocated Asbury’s once- thriving business district, leaving the town almost strictly an entertainment destination. Into the mid- ‘70s there were still six operating movie theaters in Asbury Park — 1920s-era movie palaces such as the Mayfair and the Paramount, and smaller venues like The St. James, the Lyric, the Savoy and the Baronet. With the rise of the multiplexes, these too soon vanished. The Lyric was the only one to survive, eventually rechristened the Park, an adults-only grindhouse adjoining Palace Amusements that proudly advertised "matinees daily.” The Park itself came down last year, along with the Palace."
LAUREL THEATER
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Feasibility Study
Watson and Henry Associates
Bridgeton, New Jersey
DAVIS CROSSFIELD ASSOCIATES – theater consultant
Perhaps these firms have some additional data on the theater.
A Moller organ, opus 2736, was installed in this theater in 1919.
A Moller organ, opus 3095, was installed in this theater in 1921.
A Pilcher organ, opus 862, was installed in this theater in 1915.
A Marr & Colton organ was installed in the Lyric theater in 1926.
A Robert Morton organ was installed in the original Casino Theatre in 1923.
An Estey organ, opus 1485, was installed in this theater in 1916.
A Griffith-Beach organ was installed in this theater in 1925.
A Kilgen organ, opus 4005, was installed in this theater in 1928.
In 1926, this theater installed a Kimball organ.
A Wurlitzer organ, opus 1304, was installed in this theater on 3/27/1926.
On 3/6/1922, a Wurlitzer organ, opus 525, was installed in this theater. In 1923, a Griffith-Beach organ was installed.
A Kramer organ was installed in this theater in 1921.
On 6/20/1925, a Wurlitzer organ, opus 1093, was installed in the Strand.
A Moller organ, opus 3279, was installed in the Orpheum in 1921.
A Robert Morton organ was installed in this theater in 1919.
The Star Ledger
Farewell to Asbury Park … again
Sunday, July 03, 2005
BY WALLACE STROBY
“By the 1970s, nearby malls had all but suffocated Asbury’s once- thriving business district, leaving the town almost strictly an entertainment destination. Into the mid- ‘70s there were still six operating movie theaters in Asbury Park — 1920s-era movie palaces such as the Mayfair and the Paramount, and smaller venues like The St. James, the Lyric, the Savoy and the Baronet. With the rise of the multiplexes, these too soon vanished. The Lyric was the only one to survive, eventually rechristened the Park, an adults-only grindhouse adjoining Palace Amusements that proudly advertised "matinees daily.” The Park itself came down last year, along with the Palace."
The Star Ledger
Farewell to Asbury Park … again
Sunday, July 03, 2005
BY WALLACE STROBY
“By the 1970s, nearby malls had all but suffocated Asbury’s once- thriving business district, leaving the town almost strictly an entertainment destination. Into the mid- ‘70s there were still six operating movie theaters in Asbury Park — 1920s-era movie palaces such as the Mayfair and the Paramount, and smaller venues like The St. James, the Lyric, the Savoy and the Baronet. With the rise of the multiplexes, these too soon vanished. The Lyric was the only one to survive, eventually rechristened the Park, an adults-only grindhouse adjoining Palace Amusements that proudly advertised "matinees daily.” The Park itself came down last year, along with the Palace."
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LAUREL THEATER
Bridgeton, New Jersey
Feasibility Study
Watson and Henry Associates
Bridgeton, New Jersey
DAVIS CROSSFIELD ASSOCIATES – theater consultant
Perhaps these firms have some additional data on the theater.
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