Laconia Theatre
3942 White Plains Road,
Bronx,
NY
10467
3942 White Plains Road,
Bronx,
NY
10467
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Why no picture on the home page?
Movies that are now rated R The good. the bad, the ugly
In the 60s I was able to go alone even under 10 to see movies.
I grew up going to the Laconia….in the 40’s….unfortunately I do not have a photo.
The Laconia Theatre was probably the projected house that was the subject of this item in the January 31, 1926, issue of The Film Daily:
If this comment looks familiar, it’s because I originally posted it on the Wakefield Theatre page after misreading the Wakefield’s location on the Google map as 224th street (it’s at 234th Street.)Seymour Joseph, currently listed as the architect of the Laconia, was born in 1914, so he must have been the architect for a later remodeling of the house. I’ve been unable to find out anything about J.W. Telson, credited as the original architect by The Film Daily.
I had completely forgotten about the Laconia, until this Website inspired this old geezer to reminisce about my movies of yore. When I was a kid, during and after World War II (until 1951 or so, when I went away to College), I explored all the theaters anywhere near “Wakefield” — the Kent (my “neighborhood” movie, over in Woodlawn), the Wakefield (the best of all!), the Craft (OK), the Kimball (up on Yonkers Avenue; also OK); and, when I felt like taking a long walk, the Laconia. The last usually wasn’t worth the walk. In my dotage, I can’t remember why I deemed it the pits; but, I did.
The church has had some legal problems recently, according to this article:
http://tinyurl.com/69sobp
the laconia was converted into a church
In the 1970s the Laconia was a porno house.