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PAULGIFFORD commented about Garden Theater on Nov 17, 2006 at 5:46 am

HI PHILMEN I LIVED AT 86-16 112 ST FROM 1943 1955 AND ALSO OWNED PROPERTY ON 125 ST AND ATLANTIC AVE . YES THE NEW GARDEN WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JAMAICA AVE NEXT TO THE GARDEN SWEET SHOP AND ON THE EAST UNEDA HOME APPLIANCES AND JUST ACCROSS FROM WOOLWORTHS . I WENT TO HOLY CHILD SCHOOL ON 111ST IF YOU LIVED NORTH OF JAMAICA AVE BUT SOURTH OF THE MARX HOME YOU LIVED NEAR THE CHRISTERN SCIENCE CHURCH DO YOU REMEMBER STEATS FISH STORE ON 113 ST AND JAMAICA AVE WELL THE OLD GARDEN WAS JUST ACCROSS JAMAICA AVE FROM IT(NORTH SIDE) DID YOU GO TO THE RKO ON 118 ST OR THE ROOSEVELT AND HAVEN IN WOODHAVEN I LOVED THE OLD NEIGHTBORHOOD IT WAS WONDERFUL

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PAULGIFFORD commented about Garden Theater on Oct 27, 2006 at 7:51 am

hi my name is paul gifford and the garden theater that is listed is the new garden theater that was closed in the early fifties .it cost .20cents for children and .44 cents for adolts it was owned by the same people who owned the jerome and the casino on liberty ave . jerome ave is now 101 ave . when in was a boy i played in the old garden it was on the north side of jamaica ave just accross from 113 st you can still notice the second floor windows looks like a theater the main bldg was in the back of the stores and was raised in the late fifties to get to it when the enterance was sealed uop you had to go to 112st walk north past king kullen half a bloct till you came to the apartment bldg go up the driveway to the old bldg ,we had a club house inside the stage was not removed and theprojection room was reached by a ladder on the wall in the back i believe it was added on later what great time in that old bldg i think that is when i found my love of theaters