The New Grand Central Theater was right between the St. Louis and the Missouri Theaters. A running joke at the time posed the question, “What’s between St. Louis and Missouri?” Answer, “No, it’s not a comma. It’s the New Grand Central Theater. Bad, I know.
I know of one other Princess Theater in St. Louis operating at the same time, the theater of many names – Princess, Rialto, Shubert, American, Loew’s Mid-City, Campus, Sun Mid-City, on Grand near Olive.
The view shown here of the vacant lot next to the six story “FB San Remo Apartments” building is too far north of the Kings Theater and adjacent airdome. The used car dealership farther south is the exact location of the airdome. The low stone wall on the north edge of the dealership is the same stone wall that can be seen on the left side of the airdome in a photo that is on line. The building wall on the right side of the airdome in the photo belongs to the theater building. Note how the roof slopes, consistent with movie theater roofs. The other side of the theater building was just about at Enright. I wish I could post the images that I posted in Facebook’s group, “St. Louis History. Landmarks & Vintage photos.”
The New Grand Central Theater was right between the St. Louis and the Missouri Theaters. A running joke at the time posed the question, “What’s between St. Louis and Missouri?” Answer, “No, it’s not a comma. It’s the New Grand Central Theater. Bad, I know.
I know of one other Princess Theater in St. Louis operating at the same time, the theater of many names – Princess, Rialto, Shubert, American, Loew’s Mid-City, Campus, Sun Mid-City, on Grand near Olive.
Ah, I see part of the image I referred to got posted as my profile picture. Strange!
The view shown here of the vacant lot next to the six story “FB San Remo Apartments” building is too far north of the Kings Theater and adjacent airdome. The used car dealership farther south is the exact location of the airdome. The low stone wall on the north edge of the dealership is the same stone wall that can be seen on the left side of the airdome in a photo that is on line. The building wall on the right side of the airdome in the photo belongs to the theater building. Note how the roof slopes, consistent with movie theater roofs. The other side of the theater building was just about at Enright. I wish I could post the images that I posted in Facebook’s group, “St. Louis History. Landmarks & Vintage photos.”