Ironbound Theatre
172 Ferry Street,
Newark,
NJ
07105
172 Ferry Street,
Newark,
NJ
07105
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The ground floor retail shop (a shoe store in current Google street view) and the martial arts studio upstairs are still located in the Ironbound Theatre’s entrance building fronting on Ferry Street. The bakery, parking garage (and perhaps some other uses unidentified by any signage) occupy various parts of the former auditorium along Jackson Street.
The side wall Ironbound Theatre’s large former auditorium can be seen in street view from Jackson Street. It has been subdivided into a number of spaces, one of which is a garage for a bank and another the Maranatha Bakery.
In satellite view the structure appears to be about 80x100 feet, which indicates that it is probably the theater project of that size at Jackson and Ferry streets that was noted in the March 12, 1921, issue of The American Contractor. Newark Architect John B. Acocella was preparing the plans.
Reopened as Pic on October 16th, 1946. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Thanks KenMc and Chuck1231.I enjoy each theatre you guys put on CT.
Nice photo Chuck amazing how you keep coming up with them.
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5f9v8u
A Wurlitzer organ, opus 479, was installed in the Ironbound Theatre on 10/31/1921.
“There was the Ironbound Theater, where from 1930 on, only foreign films were shown.” excerpt from View link