Hudson Theatre
270-76 Hudson Avenue,
Albany,
NY
12210
270-76 Hudson Avenue,
Albany,
NY
12210
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The Hudson Theatre itself was built in the Albany Card and Paper Company Building in 1916. It lasted as a theatre until 1923 when it was destroyed by a fire. It was rebuilt and reopened by 1926, but closed in 1933. It sat empty until sometime in 1955 when it was converted to a warehouse. During its conversion to a warehouse, all the theatre features were removed. It stood empty from around 2000 and was demolished in around 2007.
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If you go to the building today you can still see the former entrance- a tin facade has an HT monogram, and the cement sidewalk still says HUDSON THEATER in red and white.
Those Library of Congress photos show the ornate pressed tin ceiling still intact. Unfortunately the google photo of that address shows that the theatre portion of the complex has been demolished. Status should be changed accordingly.
Exhibitors Trade Review of August 11, 1923 said that W. W. Berinstein’s Hudson Theatre at Albany had been almost totally destroyed by a recent fire. Berinstein also operated the Colonial Theatre in Albany, as well as houses in Troy, Elmira, and Schenectady.