November 23, 2021
The Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s only art deco movie palace, opened on Christmas day in 1928. Located in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood, the 2,450 seat theater was commissioned by Alexander Boyd and built by Hoffman-Henon, a Philadelphia architecture firm also known for the construction of the nearby Prince Music Theatre. One of the companies commissioned […]
November 23, 2021
Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and the Supremes, besides being renowned musical artists, all have one thing in common besides being famous musical artists; they all performed at the Uptown Theatre in Philadelphia, PA. Located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia, […]
November 22, 2021
The Embassy Theatre opened on August 12, 1926, in Port Chester, NY. Designed by prominent theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, the 1,591 seat theater was built on an old Elk Lodge. Lamb also designed the nearby Capitol Theatre, which opened just a few days after the Embassy. Like most theaters of its time, the Embassy […]
November 22, 2021
The Paramount Theatre opened on October 11, 1886, as H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre. It was originally a vaudeville house managed by Hyde & Behman Amusement Co., a Brooklyn-based theater company. After H.C. Miner died in 1900, his surviving relatives retained ownership of the theater for several years before selling it in 1916 to Edward Spiegel, […]
November 22, 2021
The Adams Theatre in Newark, New Jersey, originally opened on January 12, 1912, as the Shubert Theatre. It was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by architect William E. Lehman, who also designed the Proctor’s Palace Theatre in Yonkers, NY. The 2,037 seat theater was initially used for theatrical productions, Broadway tryouts, and revivals. In August […]
November 22, 2021
RKO Proctor’s Theatre opened in Newark, New Jersey, on November 22, 1915, as the Proctor’s Palace Theatre. The architect was John W. Merrow, the nephew of Proctor theater circuit owner Frederick F. Proctor. It cost $1,000,000 ($24,874,554.46 with inflation) and took three years to construct the building. The Palace was a double-decker theater, which meant […]
November 17, 2021
“Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950” by Carol A. Grissom states that the brothers who founded the Bureau Brothers Bronze Foundry were French-born Edouard and Achille Bureau, who originally worked for another company that produced work installed in Central Park in New York. In the 1870s they formed their own business at 21st St and Allegheny […]
November 17, 2021
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is a spot you could easily walk past hundreds of times without realizing what a gem the interior is. Part of this is due to the fact that it is still a functional, 515-bed hospital – but the main building, a National Historic Landmark built in 1756 at 8th and Pine, […]
November 16, 2021
Few creatures are as universally beloved as the dog – and, especially for those of us who are lucky enough to have one as a best friend, they’re endlessly fascinating beasts. If you’re one of the many like me who find yourself enthusiastically greeting nearly every dog that crosses your path, you owe it to […]
November 16, 2021
Construction for the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was started in May of 1848 and it was dedicated in November of the following year, with a third of the funds said to have been donated by non-Catholics who were happy to have it in the area. With majestic Gothic architecture and […]
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