Broadway used to have a lot of single screen neighborhood movie theaters. They're almost all gone now, or put to other uses. Here are just a few... |
THE LOEWS 175th- a beautiful movie palace that opened in 1930. It became a church in the late 1960's. |
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GOTHAM THEATER 135th St. I think. It's a McDonalds now. |
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Metro Theater, between 99th & 100th Streets. An art deco gem. It closed for a while but just reopened as an art theater. |
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| John Bunny was a vaudvillean from Brooklyn who specialized in comedies. He's mostly forgotten now, but he was a major movie star in 1913 when the Bunny Theater was named in his honor on 147th Street. |
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It's a 99 cent store today. |
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There are some decorative elements left in the ceiling. I am trying to find a photo of the original interior... |
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Old style movie camera on the SE corner of 135 & Broadway- I assume this was a theater, but who knows, maybe a film studio? A camera retailer? |
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