The theater across from the housing project on Sand and Gold Street was the Gold theater. I remember when the housing project was built and indeed it served the Puerto Rican immigrants. I believe it was called Farragut Housing but am not sure. The theater was owned and operated by my Dad, in fact, the whole family. I have some programs around and the corporate seal.
the Gold Theater in Brooklyn on Sand and Gold Sts was owned and operated by my Dad, first with a partner and then independently. He closed it in 1954 (maybe a little earlier) because the theater was to demolished for construction of the Bklyn/Queens Expressway. I worked in the theater as a kid. The corporate name was Mimi Amusement Corp, named for me. It was in a rough neighborhood, one that parents today would be unlikely to let their kids roam. We walked from the Myrtle Ave subway stop and after closing walked to the bank in Bklyn Heights to make the nightly deposit. Admission to the show was .14 for children, .20 for adults. Sailors from the nearby navy yard would pay their admission with a $100 bill. their addmission with
The theater across from the housing project on Sand and Gold Street was the Gold theater. I remember when the housing project was built and indeed it served the Puerto Rican immigrants. I believe it was called Farragut Housing but am not sure. The theater was owned and operated by my Dad, in fact, the whole family. I have some programs around and the corporate seal.
the Gold Theater in Brooklyn on Sand and Gold Sts was owned and operated by my Dad, first with a partner and then independently. He closed it in 1954 (maybe a little earlier) because the theater was to demolished for construction of the Bklyn/Queens Expressway. I worked in the theater as a kid. The corporate name was Mimi Amusement Corp, named for me. It was in a rough neighborhood, one that parents today would be unlikely to let their kids roam. We walked from the Myrtle Ave subway stop and after closing walked to the bank in Bklyn Heights to make the nightly deposit. Admission to the show was .14 for children, .20 for adults. Sailors from the nearby navy yard would pay their admission with a $100 bill. their addmission with