34th Street East Theatre
241 E. 34th Street,
New York,
NY
10016
241 E. 34th Street,
New York,
NY
10016
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A former single-screen neighborhood movie theatre, located directly across the street from the former Loews 34th Street Theatre showplace.
The 34th Street East Theatre was opened on July 16, 1963 with Richard Harris in “This Sporting Life”. It was operated by Walter Reade-Stirling Theatres. Showing mostly upscale fare during its run, it closed it doors in September of 1997 with the decidedly downscale “Kull the Conquerer”.
The space served as a lecture hall to Yeshiva University’s Geraldine Schottenstein Cultural Center. By early-2016 they had moved out and it was being demolished.
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The 34th St. East.
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Pictures.. from a transit site, in the background of the bus..
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?132
http://bus.nycsubway.org/perl/show?133
It is sad seeing these single screen theatres gone. They had so much more personality than the Monster-Plexes of today.
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Nice marquee photos.
Half a dozen photos of the 34th Street Theatre appear on this page of the April, 1964, issue of International Projectionist. (Enlarge the images by clicking on the + sign in the toolbar at lower right corner of the page.)
Demolished Fall 2015. It closed as a performance space about 2-3 years ago and the entrance doors were replaced by a metal roll gate. This past fall it was demolished for a residential tower. (My workplace shuttle van route frequently passes this area.)
I actually watched ‘Kull the Conqueror’ here. Never imagined it would be the last time I’d see a film there. It’s undergoing a total gutting now, after having served as a lecture hall(?) for Yeshiva U.’s girl’s division. It will become another tasteless piece of dreck high-rise like everything else in the area.
Pretty sure this was where I saw Star Trek – The Motion Picture in ‘79. I know I visited several times in my youth.
My aunt took me to see An American Werewolf in London at this place!!!