To the comments regarding the 2 Rite Aid sites – the one that was the Meserole did start as a Genovese, then an Eckerd, and then a Rite Aid. The other one opened as a Rite Aid when it became a store of this type. It was never a Duane Reade. There is a Duane Reade a couple of blocks north where a former Harrico Drug Store was (across from the old Chopin Theater site which is now a Starbucks after being a Burger King).
GTB – I passed it today and agree with that comment. The McDonald’s that is currently standing looks like it has the same height and profile as the theater. The rest of the block looks relatively unchanged so it is easy to see the relationship to the building to the neighboring buildings. I look forward to the other pics. Thanks.
The photos are great. I had originally asked if anyone had any photos a few years back (under an old account that I couldn’t reactivate) and came over here for the first time in a long time and found these great pictures. You can see the Oloff’s Shoe store sign in the background in photo 1. I could never imagine how a movie theater would have looked on that block, but now I can see that it fit in very well and looked very nice.
To the comments regarding the 2 Rite Aid sites – the one that was the Meserole did start as a Genovese, then an Eckerd, and then a Rite Aid. The other one opened as a Rite Aid when it became a store of this type. It was never a Duane Reade. There is a Duane Reade a couple of blocks north where a former Harrico Drug Store was (across from the old Chopin Theater site which is now a Starbucks after being a Burger King).
I would have never guessed that this building was a theater, but that explains the long narrow design with no windows.
GTB – I passed it today and agree with that comment. The McDonald’s that is currently standing looks like it has the same height and profile as the theater. The rest of the block looks relatively unchanged so it is easy to see the relationship to the building to the neighboring buildings. I look forward to the other pics. Thanks.
The photos are great. I had originally asked if anyone had any photos a few years back (under an old account that I couldn’t reactivate) and came over here for the first time in a long time and found these great pictures. You can see the Oloff’s Shoe store sign in the background in photo 1. I could never imagine how a movie theater would have looked on that block, but now I can see that it fit in very well and looked very nice.