Loew's New York Theatre and Roof
1514-1516 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
1514-1516 Broadway,
New York,
NY
10036
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March 17, 2017 article with photos about the roof top theatres.
http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/03/17/new-yorks-incredible-lost-rooftop-theatres/
1918 photo added courtesy of the Old Photographs Facebook page.
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Some cool photos on that site
Here is an article and photo of the Roof theater
Upload of 1919’s ad of “The Heart Of Juanita”
Marcus Loew was born on this date in 1870.
Relinking to see if there is anymore info.
Thanks Al great vintage photo.
This photo used to be available to see here.
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New York Theatre & Annex should be an aka.
In the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide, under N.Y. theaters, is listed the Olympia Theatre, Oscar Hammerstein, Mgr., Arthur Hammerstein, Business Mgr. Admission prices ranged from 50 cents to $1.50. The proscenium opening was 31 feet wide X 34 feeet high, and the stage was 34 feet deep. The auditorium was on the ground floor. The seating capacity is given as 1,850 but the breakdown does not add up: Orchestra 400, Balcony 150. Gallery 300, Boxes 78, total: 928. Under N.Y. Variety Theaters is listed the Olympia Music Hall, Oscar Hammerstein Mgr, Arthur Hammerstein Bus. Mgr. Ticket prices ranged from 50 cents to $1.50, with boxes priced at $3 to $10 each. The proscenium was 35.5 feet wide X 38 feet high, and the stage was 46 feet deep. The auditorium was on the ground floor. The seating capacity was given as 3,815 but the breakdown doesn’t add to that. Orchestra 509, Dress Circle 115, Balcony 191, Gallery 500, Boxes 120, total: 1,435. The Music Hall had so many boxes that they must have contained many more than 120 chairs. Both theaters are listed as being lit by electricity only, no gas.
I am trying to follow in your theatre footsteps with cute quotes.I keep looking for LOEWS THEATRES you haven’t found,but doggone it you are on almost everyone i find.
CUTE!
TLSLOEWS, you have a nose for LOEWS.LOL.
Great old 1929 pictures, Loews Rooftop and Loews State right next to each other,interesting.
Thanks. I originally inquired on this page just because both are situated in New York.
I guess it’s sheer coincidence that the Loew’s was built by the father of he who built Hammerstein’s Theatre to honor him. The latter now being the Ed Sullivan Theatre.
Also a coincidence that both theatre’s failed under the family ownership not long after opening. The second due to the depression.
They were apparently mere blocks away from each other geographically.
1516 for Loew’s, versus 1697 for Hammerstein’s.
Thanks for the info & link.
Thanks CWalczak, will do.
The EST was never apparently used as a movie theater. You might want to look at the entries for the EST on either Wikipedia or the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) for its history (which is interesting). It would not be appropriate to post the details here.
What was the original name of what is now The Ed Sullivan Theatre where Letterman tapes out of?
Was it ever a movie theatre, and how is it listed on CT? Thanks.
Really enjoyed the two new photo postings above. Those are really magnificent Warren !
There is a slight spelling error in the intro.
“The Olympia’s other playhouse, the LYRIC, was re-named Criterion.”
Here is a 1923 photo of the Times Sqaure area showing several theaters.
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My great grandmother, Anna Schober Fields, appeared at the New York Theater as Mrs. Schultz in “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch” on September 17, 1906.
A wall sized mural photo of the Olympia complex including the signs for the New York and Vitagraph Theatres can be seen in the lobby of the Commerce Bank on 42nd street and 9th Avenue. The glass lobby allows for a 24 hour view and if you get close enough it feel like you are there.
The tower in the background behind the Putnam Building belongs to the Candler Building on W. 42nd Street. Great shot, J.F. Thanks for posting it here.
Hello Warren..
The photo is actually from a new section of Manhattan photos on the Brooklyn Pics web site. An excellent website.If you contact Brian Merlis at , you can buy prints of the various photos in his collection and he will probably be able to tell you his reason for his identification of location which is given as Times Square. He is a very competent person. It may be that the bill splashed at front of theater reflects recent acquisition before change of signage. The photo itself is marked Bway & 45th St in lower right corner. If you look to right of theater building you see a TARS trolley running on a street with no trolley wire.That means it is a conduit car and that places theater in Manhattan.