Grand Theatre

Joe Vogel on March 23, 2011 at 6:15 am

The Grand’s official web site says the theater was designed by Boston architects Krokyn & Browne. Most sources, including Cinema Treasures, call the firm Krokyn, Browne & Rosenstein, but Rosenstein isn’t mentioned on the Grand’s web site. Rosenstein appears to have been the youngest of the three, and perhaps he had not yet become a partner at the time the Grand was designed.

I’ve found a bit about J. Frederick Krokyn, less about Arthur Rosenstein, but W. Chester Browne joined the advisory board of Boxoffice Magazine’s Modern Theatre Planning Institute in 1948. He had been associated with Krokyn from 1936 to 1941, thereafter establishing his own practice. The January 31, 1948, Boxoffice item about Browne said that Krokyn & Browne (Boxoffice doesn’t mention Rosenstein either) had during that period done all the work for M&P Theatres and Graphic Theatres, as well as designs for many independent operators.

CSWalczak on September 4, 2010 at 10:56 pm

I sometimes find that to be true too, Simon, and more than a tad annoying; on the other hand, so many photo links on these comment pages are dead, so perhaps some redundancy helps assure that one will survive.

kencmcintyre on April 22, 2010 at 7:12 pm

Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2ft62wa

teecee on May 10, 2005 at 1:02 pm

theater homepage:

http://www.grandonline.org/

recent photos:

http://www.roadsidenut.com/grandt804.jpg
http://www.roadsidenut.com/grandt2804.jpg