Imperial Theatre
923 N. 2nd Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19123
923 N. 2nd Street,
Philadelphia,
PA
19123
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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Functions: Ballroom
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The Imperial Theatre was opened by November 1914. It was possibly enlarged an reopened in 1923 with a seating capacity of 1,040. It was located on North 2nd Street at Poplar Street. By 1941, it was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
The Imperial Theatre closed in 1954. According to the Philadelphia tax records it was used as a warehouse. Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein and caterer Joe Volpe refurbished the former theatre as the Cescaphe Ballroom.
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Here is a 1945 photo from the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings site, specifically from the Irvin Glazer collection:
http://tinyurl.com/2pvnq8
Here is an item in Boxoffice magazine, December 1951:
PHILADELPHIA-Albert J. Grosser, realtor, is negotiating with Warner Brothers for the purchase of five theaters here and the expectation is that the deal will be closed soon. The theaters involved are the Alhambra, Richmond, Uptown, Imperial in North Philadelphia and Imperial in West Philadelphia. Grosser said some of the theaters will be diverted to other uses. The sale would be made under the terms of the consent decree which called for 27 WB houses to be divested by January 4, 1952, another 27 by the same date in 1953 and a third 27 in one to five years from April 4, 1951.