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ousia commented about Royal Theatre on Nov 4, 2015 at 2:13 pm

Oops, I meant the Orpheum Theater, not the Olympia. The Olympia, of course, was downtown on Purchase Street just south of the bus station.

ousia
ousia commented about Royal Theatre on Nov 4, 2015 at 1:55 pm

Lived in the South End from 1953 – 1960. Used to go to the Olympia on Water Street nearly every Saturday afternoon; (25 cent matinees!) I remember the Royal just a block or two to the north of the Olympia. And yes, bsilva is right, Water Street was a bustling commercial center at the time. That’s where the great Silverstein’s was originally located. Of course, this was all before urban removal.