Thank You!!! that is the Park. My Uncle’s house was the one across the street on 115th. Do remember we are dealing with a facade. There was the main lobby with two wings on both sides. Maybe the picture is one of the wings. Still doesn’t explain the address numbers. Notice on the right of the park in the photo the back of the Park Inn Hotel.
Dear Bway,
Sorry about the spelling.
Was excited and rushed to get you the information, The forgotten picture shows stores on the right. this would be where the alley would be. The Park Inn Hotel used this for delivery and parking. In the 40’s massive iron gates were put up to cut out foot traffic
First of all I can’t get the aerial view. On second look. The fforgotten photo can’t be the theater. You have an alley running along the side of he theater. It went passed the back of the Park in hotel to 115th St. Also on second look the forgotten pictur looks more bank like.
That is the Park theater. The upstairs – where the windows are served as a pool hall until the 60’s. Somehow numbers are confused. The theater looks dramatically different without the marquee. Note the second residence on 114th and 115th streets is number 150 same side of the street. The theater would be the second also from the beach and was more than likely 150 also. The arcade befoe the theater I remember having fractured numbers.
The staircase to the nonexistant balcony went to the Rooftop Garden Theater. This was a summer movie house. Full screen, many seats, and massive blacken windows that would be opened on summer nights before air cooled or air conditioning. The last film to play in the second theater was either “A Star is Born” (Garland), or Dial M For Murder
Thank You!!! that is the Park. My Uncle’s house was the one across the street on 115th. Do remember we are dealing with a facade. There was the main lobby with two wings on both sides. Maybe the picture is one of the wings. Still doesn’t explain the address numbers. Notice on the right of the park in the photo the back of the Park Inn Hotel.
Terra server aerial shot of 116th Street shows 150 in the middle of 116th Street.
the address seems to be wrong.
Dear Bway,
Sorry about the spelling.
Was excited and rushed to get you the information, The forgotten picture shows stores on the right. this would be where the alley would be. The Park Inn Hotel used this for delivery and parking. In the 40’s massive iron gates were put up to cut out foot traffic
First of all I can’t get the aerial view. On second look. The fforgotten photo can’t be the theater. You have an alley running along the side of he theater. It went passed the back of the Park in hotel to 115th St. Also on second look the forgotten pictur looks more bank like.
That is the Park theater. The upstairs – where the windows are served as a pool hall until the 60’s. Somehow numbers are confused. The theater looks dramatically different without the marquee. Note the second residence on 114th and 115th streets is number 150 same side of the street. The theater would be the second also from the beach and was more than likely 150 also. The arcade befoe the theater I remember having fractured numbers.
The Park Theater was still open in March of 1962. It was showing at that time the re-release of “Gone With The Wind”.
The staircase to the nonexistant balcony went to the Rooftop Garden Theater. This was a summer movie house. Full screen, many seats, and massive blacken windows that would be opened on summer nights before air cooled or air conditioning. The last film to play in the second theater was either “A Star is Born” (Garland), or Dial M For Murder