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Ridge Avenue Theatre
1734 Ridge Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19130
1734 Ridge Avenue,
Philadelphia,
PA
19130
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This venue opened in 1911 as a movie house. The Ridge Theatre ceased operations following the November 6, 1952 double feature of “Tripoli” and “Wagon Wheels.”
It seems that the Roxy Theatre was a huge corner building, but the Ridge Avenue Theatre was in the middle of a block like the 1951 photo. So maybe there was another theatre near Dupont Street?
Dupont Street is in the Roxborough-Manayunk area, considerably northwest of this site. The theater in that picture is probably the Roxy Theatre.
Judging by the Street View, this building was demolished sometime between October 2016 and June 2017.
1951 photo of Ridge Avenue from Dupont Street added via Raymond Storey. Ridge Avenue Theatre marquee is visible down the street.
This 1977 photo shows a theater on Ridge above Lyceum in Roxborough with the partial name “MAN”. I looked at the Philadelphia list and only saw the Goldman on 15th in Center City. Any info on the identity of this theater would be appreciated:
http://tinyurl.com/j3zc3