Greeley Theatre
855 Avenue of the Americas,
New York,
NY
10013
855 Avenue of the Americas,
New York,
NY
10013
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If the article about the planned theater didn’t list the architect as S.S. Sugar (sounds like the name of a boat), I would swear it was Thomas Lamb. The exterior looks so “Lambsian”.
bamtino’s very first comment on this theater says that it opened on November 18, 1911.
The March, 1912 issue of Architecture & Building has several photos and drawings of Loew’s Greeley Square Theatre starting on page 134 (Google Books scan.)
Since this was one of Marcus Loew’s earliest theatres to be built in NYC, it should probably be listed here as Loew’s Greeley Square. Unfortunately, it became obsolete when the midtown theatrical district moved further north and centered around Broadway above 42nd Street.
Thanks I will check them.
Have not found all of them yet.But working on it.I have added some info to some of the Nashville Theatres that I have found lately.
Are you adding every Loews Theatre to your favorite Theatres?
Another old Loews House.
In 1922 its seating capacity is listed as 2011 as a Loew house.
I find the use of the singular “LOEW” in the programs above interesting. I have not seen that elsewhere.
And here’s another program from Loew’s Greeley Square Theatre from May 10, 1926
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Here’s another program from Loew’s Greeley Square from October, 1926.
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I think that you are mostly correct about the Loew’s Weekly programs. I have four different ones from three different theaters. However, besides the column on page 2, the articles on page 3 are directly about the films showing that week, and they state the dates that the films are showing. The page 3 articles are certainly the same from theatre to theatre, but the headlines and films profiled were certainly changed depending on the theater.
Here’s a vintage theater program from Loew’s Greeley Square theater from December 20th, 1926.
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This was actually Loew’s Greeley Square Theatre, which opened 11/18/1911. The address should be listed as 855 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10001 and the status should be listed as closed/demolished. (Building stood until at least 1944.)