Bronx Theatre
436 E. 149th Street,
Bronx,
NY
10455
436 E. 149th Street,
Bronx,
NY
10455
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My grandfather Louis Casavant was in a play at Bronx theatre “The Green Beetle"as See Yup December 1st,1913.
A very detailed history with illustrations can be found here
Lived on 148th street behind the Bronx Opera House. Used to play ball on the back wall in 1946 to 1950. In my day, it never was a first run movie house so it was cheep compared to the local RKOs and Lowes. Neither was it an Opera House. Had no stage shows. I was around 14 years old and used to sneak into the adult section, get all the way down in my seat and smoke. Seldom got caught by the Matron.
The Bronx Opera House Hotel is Now Open! It is the first luxury hotel to open in the borough and it is astounding that it has opened in the South Bronx, a neighborhood that epitomized all that was wrong with urban America in the 70’s and 80’s. The city of New York has truly blossomed and all the boroughs are enjoying an incredible renaissance.
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/08/19/bronxs-first-boutique-hotel-opens-its-doors/
Another loss.
This building is indeed being converted in to 3 star boutique hotel. Complete details available at this link:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/manhattan-developer-hard-work-boutique-hotel-forgotten-south-bronx-opera-house-e-149th-st-article-1.1061219
Except for the facade, there doesn’t appear to be any of the interior left to save though the history of its former life will part of the interior decoration of the new hotel property.
Wasn’t there another Bronx Theater at Melrose Avenue and East 151st Street that was opened by Keith in 1909? Does anyone know anything about this theater? I believe I located a 1909 article describing some of it’s interior decorations. (“Trenton Advances Ceramic Interests to Extent Never Before Approached in U.S.” in the Trenton Evening Times, Sept. 7, 1909, p. 1)
On a recent visit, we discovered that the office building seems to be in the process to be converted into an hotel. Unfortunately, the auditorium has just recently been demolished.
Listed at 438 E. 149 in the 1960 yellow pages.
Four photographs of the Bronx Theatre I took in June 2005:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226186895/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226187423/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226188287/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/226188864/
To view recent pics of this old building, see my web page at:
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I would rather see an old theater become a church then a 99 cent store or supermarket.