RKO Proctor's 58th Street Theatre

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RKO Proctor's 58th Street Theatre

Reaching into Queens (1930)

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Comfortably Cool on April 17, 2018 at 11:49 am

Due to its proximity to the Queens Borough Bridge and a bus/trolley terminal on Second Avenue, the 58th Street Theatre drew considerable patronage from neighborhoods in western Queens. And it was too far from Flushing to be a threat to its RKO sibling there. The two Thomas Lamb atmospherics were built simultaneously and opened a week apart in late December, 1928.

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