Rex Theatre

440 Westchester Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10455

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 16, 2019 at 10:29 pm

The Theatre Historical Society confirms Irving Margon as the architect of the Hub/Rex Theatre, and says that the building was demolished in 1976.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 15, 2019 at 5:00 pm

This web page says that a style 110 Wurlitzer organ, opus 421, was installed in the Hub Theatre in 1921. It was replaced by a style E Wurlitzer, opus 1101, in 1925. The Hub was most likely this project noted in the June 11, 1921 issue of Real Estate Record and Builders' Guide:

“Irving Margon, 355 East 149th st, has completed plans for a 1-sty brick moving picture theatre, 50x151x50x122 ft. on the south side of Westchester av, 128 ft south of Bergen av, for A. Santini, 441 East 149th st. owner. Cost, $70,000.”

Texas2step
Texas2step on December 10, 2018 at 4:27 pm

If the address above is correct, the Hub was also known as the Rex Theatre circa 1940-41.