The $50 million renovation will fast track in October when the building will, literally, be raised. The process should take two weeks. The new entrance will be on 47th street with an 80 foot marquee. There will be additional wing space, a larger lobby and twice the number of bathrooms. I have seen nothing to indicate major changes to the 105 year old auditorium.
Uploaded a 1935 photo from the Ed Wind Collection which I found on Facebook. Obviously, someone added the identifying title rather than the theatre ever having been named as such.
Windows still broken. However, the recessed lights on the marquee were lit today and a few floodlights have been installed at the roof line since I was last there. Next report July 4th.
I remember seeing the scenery on, as you point out, Seventh Avenue, and walking past the entrance on Broadway when I became a theatre goer in the late 1950s and a Long Island commuter in the 1960s. The only time I was in the old Met was for a children’s matinee of Carmen with Irra Petina as part of a 7th grade trip. Before I retired I did, however, attend many performances at Lincoln Center.
Uploaded a photo showing the vertical of the theatre taken at the time the location was Genesee Street.
Converted to sound early on. Found a 1929 reference to Helen Twelvetrees in “The Ghost Talks”.
The theatre, located on the lower level of the Encino Town Center Mall, is very much open for business. Status should be changed. Photo uploaded.
The $50 million renovation will fast track in October when the building will, literally, be raised. The process should take two weeks. The new entrance will be on 47th street with an 80 foot marquee. There will be additional wing space, a larger lobby and twice the number of bathrooms. I have seen nothing to indicate major changes to the 105 year old auditorium.
Uploaded photos of the current facade, the original Giving Tree marquee, the original Garden marquee when it was a photo studio and an aerial shot.
Would like to see the photos that say Garden.
Uploaded a photo of the abandoned theatre.
Uploaded a 1981 photo by Peter Laskaris.
Uploaded a 1982 photo by Peter Laskaris when it was still a single screen theatre.
Uploaded 1981 photo by Peter Laskaris.
Uploaded a 1935 photo from the Ed Wind Collection which I found on Facebook. Obviously, someone added the identifying title rather than the theatre ever having been named as such.
Uploaded photo from 1988 Middletown: A Photographic History.
Uploaded an early photo as the Alhambra from the 1988 Middletown: A Photographic History.
Uploaded the photo referred to by bazookadave.
A shopping center was constructed at this address in 2001. Presumably the Windsor was a short lived theatre in it.
There is a YouTube tour of the place. Don’t have the tech savvy to provide a link.
Uploaded November 1967 schedule.
Uploaded an image from the June 27, 1924 Fairmount News in which an ad for the Royal appeared indicating both live and filmed offerings.
The Palace Bar is still open. Therefore, the address is 121 S. Main Street. The building was constructed in 1905.
Windows still broken. However, the recessed lights on the marquee were lit today and a few floodlights have been installed at the roof line since I was last there. Next report July 4th.
Uploaded a photo of the entrance and a street shot when it was the Tatler.
Uploaded a current photo. Although the entrance was narrow it was certainly dramatic.
Nice photos ridethetrain. I wonder what the seating capacity was when it was a single screen theatre.
Ken, that is really an impressive use of the space.
I remember seeing the scenery on, as you point out, Seventh Avenue, and walking past the entrance on Broadway when I became a theatre goer in the late 1950s and a Long Island commuter in the 1960s. The only time I was in the old Met was for a children’s matinee of Carmen with Irra Petina as part of a 7th grade trip. Before I retired I did, however, attend many performances at Lincoln Center.