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Sign of the Month for March, 2022 from Larchmont, NY

March 13, 2022

There is an endless list of Auto sale, rental and repair places on Route One, but not that many with Route One in their name.  This fine establishment in the urban core of Metro NYC has been around since 1977 – about half as long as Route one itself!

The White House in Washington, DC

March 3, 2022

Our first two US Presidents, George Washington and John Adams rented their homes in Washington, DC.  At the initiative of Washington, a plan was put forward to build a Presidential mansion in the Capital at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.  Washington laid the cornerstone for the building in 1792.  It would become the largest home in […]

The Cabot Theatre – Beverly, MA

March 1, 2022

The Cabot Theatre in Beverly, MA, originally opened on December 8, 1920 as the Ware Theatre. Early advertisements hailed the theater as “the most impressive auditorium of its size east of New York” and “The Golden Theatre Beautiful.” The theater was built by Harris and Glover Ware, who also operated the nearby Larcom Theater. They […]

The Duo Multicultural Arts Center – New York, NY

March 1, 2022

The Duo Multicultural Arts Center building opened in 1889 as a dance and catering hall. The building comprised restaurants, meeting halls, and residences. John Philip Sousa, the famous American composer, established one of the first musicians’ unions in the building’s ballroom.  The ballroom was converted into a theater in the 1930s and was named the […]

Crane Beach – Ipswich, MA

March 1, 2022

  Crane Beach was formed in 1945 as a gift of 1,000 acres from the estate of Richard T. Crane, Jr. after his death to the Trustees of Reservations, Massachusetts’ largest preservation and conservation nonprofit. The 1,000 acres was most of the current Crane Beach to the dunes of Castle Neck, with a further 350 […]

Public School 186 – New York, NY

February 28, 2022

Public School 186 opened in 1903 as a Harlem elementary school. C. B. J. Snyder, an architect who eventually became the Superintendent of School Buildings for the New York City Board of Education between 1891 and 1923, designed it. The building is shaped like an H and was inspired by the Hôtel de Cluny in […]

The Penthouse Cinema – Newark, NJ

February 28, 2022

Proctor’s Palace Roof Theatre opened on November 22, 1915.  The Palace was originally used for smaller vaudeville productions before switching over to film in the mid-1920s. During the next few decades, the Proctor’s Roof Theatre was not used very often but received a remodel into an art-house cinema and reopened in the summer of 1961 […]