Casino Theatre
250 Willis Avenue,
Bronx,
NY
10454
250 Willis Avenue,
Bronx,
NY
10454
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Consolidated Amusement Company
Architects: Eugene DeRosa
Functions: Supermarket
Styles: Adam
Previous Names: Willis Theatre
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The Willis Theatre opened in Decembers 1923. It was located on Willis Avenue near 138th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. It was equippedwith a Wurlitzer 2 manual 10 ranks organ. In 1926 it was operated by the Consolidated Amusement Company chain. The theatre was renovated and renamed the Casino Theatre in 1939.
Long ago closed as a movie house, the Casino Theatre today houses a supermarket.
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Whay a great marquee.
The above should have said “what a great marquee”
Four photographs of the Casino Theatre I took in June 2005:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/225416325/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/225416923/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/225417490/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/225418015/
An item in the October 21, 1922, issue of The American Contractor said that bids were being taken for construction of a theater, store, and apartment building to be built on Willis Avenue between 138th and 139th Streets. The architect was Eugene DeRosa. It must have been the Casino.
Oh how I remember paying twenty-five cents and watching three or more movies (no first run movies) in one day at The Casino.
What year did this movie theater get closed down?
Hurts to see it current state. Was the interiir gutted?