Broad Theatre

The Broad Theatre closed with a continuous run, grind policy on August 27, 1953 with “Northern Patrol” and “The Blue Gardenia.” It sat vacant until 1955, it was converted to a retail Greenberg Boston store that was forced from a previous location due to fire.

I remember the Broad but my family never went there. The area around the Broad St. market was a nice shopping district when I was growing up. The Rialto was down the street. Also a store called simply Bill’s (as I recall). And a five-and-dime.