Per Scott Genghis Wong:
2nd Avenue and Ditmars Avenue in Astoria.
After the new street grids were completed (by 1928), 2nd Avenue was renamed 31st Street, and Ditmars Avenue was renamed Ditmars Boulevard.
Per Scott Genghis Wong.
The photo is from 1924
2nd Avenue and Ditmars Avenue in Astoria.
After the new street grids were completed (by 1928), 2nd Avenue was renamed 31st Street, and Ditmars Avenue was renamed Ditmars Boulevard.
Update March 3, 1913.
Suffragettes stand in front of the Studebaker Theater, now known as the Fine Arts Building, at 410 S. Michigan Avenue before traveling to Washington DC to protest for the right to vote.
Via William Russ.
Address was 85 S. 11th Street.
Confirmed by the Minnesota Historical Society, Hennepin Theatre Trust, WPA Guide to Minnesota and the Hennepin County Library Digital Collection link below.
2002 article about the closing.
http://www.qgazette.com/news/2002-01-16/Front_Page/Astoria_Movie_Theater_Closes_After_81_Years.html?fbclid=IwAR3HF_Tigzh0WCImNIJY1yqr1tnL-P62n2gAxJgqzyvDota4M5AO8IYfhYg
Per Scott Genghis Wong: 2nd Avenue and Ditmars Avenue in Astoria. After the new street grids were completed (by 1928), 2nd Avenue was renamed 31st Street, and Ditmars Avenue was renamed Ditmars Boulevard.
Per Scott Genghis Wong. The photo is from 1924 2nd Avenue and Ditmars Avenue in Astoria. After the new street grids were completed (by 1928), 2nd Avenue was renamed 31st Street, and Ditmars Avenue was renamed Ditmars Boulevard.
1925 postcard added courtesy of Scott Genghis Wong.
“The Ruling Class” starring Peter O'Toole on the Carnegie marquee on the far right.
Chicago Tribune July 13, 1962.
Being put up for auction.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/burnley-empire-auction/?fbclid=IwAR0NYdSHW2QdaHWVqs4t9jg11cB2-w8BZVrCZiPT6Af99k3VHMdvF35GMI0
1982 Getty Image, Palace in the background.
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/men-mack-truck-in-motion-on-construction-lot-site-news-photo/50609936
Upcoming Doc Severinsen event at the Saenger Theatre.
https://www.foofoofest.com/events/sketches-of-spain-featuring-doc-severinsen-with-the-pensacola-civic-band/?fbclid=IwAR3ajuq5OdBqMuLfGMMpWgz3s9B2AqQfSeipWYf6ZNDYvXzVtQiIbp8DcJE
Companion photo to the one I added to the Photos Section. But the year is 1913, not 1910 as the link below states.
https://explore.chicagocollections.org/image/chicagohistory/71/t43jb26/?fbclid=IwAR3yJW1uGyE01l96nKVND9R0xHnWXHqETCJ4Nhn8oaBIeQftLaXYU7pTwP8
The above mentioned Majestic/Roxy which was built next door.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2102
Update March 3, 1913. Suffragettes stand in front of the Studebaker Theater, now known as the Fine Arts Building, at 410 S. Michigan Avenue before traveling to Washington DC to protest for the right to vote. Via William Russ.
Still a Family Dollar store with updated marquee. October 2017 screenshot added credit Google Street View.
Grand Opening ad added said to be 1999. Courtesy of Richard Doughten.
1954 promo ad added via Kathleen Santhouse Botsford. Boasts 2,024 car capacity. One local claims it had 3 screens when demolished in `98.
1925 postcard added credit Lost Washington, D.C. Facebook page.
2015 Washington Post article about the Belasco.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/there-used-to-be-a-theater-on-lafayette-square-what-happened-to-it/2015/09/26/55de1810-645d-11e5-8e9e-dce8a2a2a679_story.html?fbclid=IwAR2nOSjH_pdAPGy6e2FYmLQatnKR2v6lFYifrBIrQOn0eHiAP31-H-2GhtE&utm_term=.d50d93d02002
1960 photo added via Mase Mason.
Grand Opening July 12, 1957. MHS photo.
11/11/48 Minneapolis Star Journal.
Photo added. “Strand Theatre, Minneapolis, managed by Reuben and Finkelstein. Now showing Bluebirds.” ~ from The Moving Picture Weekly, 1917
1999 photo added credit Phil Handy. Multiple videos online of the move that year if you search: ‘shubert theatre moved 1999 minneapolis"
Address was 85 S. 11th Street. Confirmed by the Minnesota Historical Society, Hennepin Theatre Trust, WPA Guide to Minnesota and the Hennepin County Library Digital Collection link below.
https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/MplsPhotos/id/14971/
February 2, 1943, Minnesota Historical Society.
Opening night October 15, 1947.