16th Street Theatre
166 16th Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11215
166 16th Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11215
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Loew’s had a 46th Street Theater with a similar design but much more massive. That is probably where the confusion came with the BrooklynPix photo.
Re all of the above. Lost Memory is lost to Cinema Treasures taking all of his comments, pictures and links with him. So the only 16th image around is the one on BrooklynPix which I believe is incorrectly attributed to Loew’s. The façade in the picture does look church like per another comment. BrooklynPix doesn’t always get the information right, but they are vintage pictures. Also regarding the Bijou Dream site the theaters on display are changed periodically. Only images posted in 2015 are up now. Don’t know if you can do a look up by name or if there is some sort of index.
If you see something on that site capture it since the link will eventually go bad.
Here is a photo link to Brooklyn Pix. Can anyone document that this theater was ever operated by Loew’s as suggested by this web site ?
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Hello…
I’m trying to find any information about, Theatre’s formally owned by my Great-Grandfather in the N.Y./Philadelphia area, in the early 1900’s. (20’s ? 30' ? 40'2 ?) My father told me of his memories of going there as a kid (30’s ? 40’s). But hearing his memories when I was a kid…Had no meaning to me at the time.
Wish I’d of listened to him, while he was still living!
My loss ~ Many Regrets!
At any rate, My Great-Grandfather’s name was;
“Albert John Schweigart”.
Any information would be greatly appreciated! Jacqueline Schweigart
I know so little about the family. I do not know of a Harry Pear anywhere in the family and there is no one I can ask. Sorry.
Jan
http://www.coyoterock.net/Inigo/16th.htm
The ZDNET site is gone. Indeed ZDnet in all it’s manifestations always gives then takes back. They should be ashamed of all they have renegged on. Til the site that was there is back I have the data
Mr Pear
Was this theatre located on Avenue U and 16 th street? Can someone post more info and a picture?
Thanks a lot.
My Great Grandfather owned that place. It’s nice to add something to our families very sparse data log.
Jan Pear
http://www.coyoterock.net/Inigo/
Lostmemory;
I never thought of it as an issue. Also it is not a question of “the link that I am supposed to use”. It was a suggestion to credit the website. In any case, the Starr, location and date, appear at the bottom of the page. The “Theatre Enthusiast” page usually features a photo of a closed theatre which more-or-less fits the subject of the article. No where is it suggested that the page is about the Starr and the theatre is used merely as an illustration (and if I know the webmaster, it will be most likely be changed in a month or so). Actually most of the photos, but not all on Bijou, are part of the collection of the webmaster gathered from a variety of sources over the years. I think on his other websites, he makes note of that. Not sure about Bijou.
Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston all had theatres called “Bijou Dream”. Is your site named after one of these?
lostmemory;
Nice photo but may I make a suggestion (not a criticism). Why isolate the photo from the actual website. There might be other images on the site of interest to those who post on Cinema Treasures. The 16th Street photo is from “Bijou Dream” which also has photos of the Plaza, Carlton and the Variety theatres. Also I think it might be a good idea to give credit to the person who created the site by linking directly to it. The short url for the Bijou Dream is:
http://www.bijou-dream.com/