Yeadon Theatre
541 Church Lane,
Yeadon,
PA
19050
541 Church Lane,
Yeadon,
PA
19050
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Well said Patsy. I agree that it is a shame the way the theater has deteriorated and fallen apart. It is sad for me to see the photos. Especially those on the inside. I have so many memories of my father buying me popcorn, or holding me so I could drink from the water fountain. See, red being my favorite color, I would throw a hissy fit if I couldn’t drink from the red water fountain. :)
DeniedX: Thanks for the photos. If this theatre wasn’t a wonderful example of art deco at its finest I don’t know what it would have been. It is a shame that this theatre was left to deteriorate as the photos show. Every detail of this theatre screamed ART DECO!
Patsy, you can view photos at http://www.robbender.com/gallery/yeadon
They are recent photo’s after the theater began to fall apart.
Photos anyone?
It is sad to see this theater go. I grew up in Yeadon. My parents had taken me to see more than one or two moview at the Yeadon Theater. Again, it’s too bad to see the way the theater has crumbled.
It looks like it is city property. Some contact information in this article:
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Does any person know who I can contact regarding purchasing this theater? Is it city property? Please advise.
“….local officials halted the demolition”! If anyone has current info on this Art Moderne theater, please post here!
Another theatre with the Eberson connection so is worth keeping our eyes on it!
Oh, that’s too bad. The photos look like the place had some real potential, and some very interesting deco/streamline features. I especially LOVE the photos of the curtain being torn away, revealing the colorful deco work- I wonder what else those ugly crtains hid? Silly sixties ‘modernizations’. It sounds to me like if the back wall hadn’t been comprimised, the preservation might have succeeded- is that right?
Only the facade will be saved:
http://cinematreasures.org/news/12300_0_1_0_C/
Does anybody know what is happening with this theater?
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Bad News: The theatre still has NO back wall. While the powers to be work out details the theatre is still open to the eliments. This has been a tuff winter. Do they really want to save this theatre?
It appears that the town of Yeadon is going to save the old theater (as of 10-2003). Especially when it was discovered that it was one of the last movie houses designed by John Eberson “the Frank Lloyd Wright of theater design”. The movie house was saved in the 11th hour, as wrecking crews were begining- local officials halted the demolition.