RKO Hamilton Theatre – New York, NY
Moss and Brill’s Hamilton Theatre opened on January 23, 1913, in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood. Famed theater architect Thomas W. Lamb was commissioned to design…
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Ritz Theatre – Carteret, NJ
The Ritz Theatre in Carteret, New Jersey, originally opened on September 1, 1927. According to an article in “The Carteret Press,” “it was the first…
Boyd Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
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…
Uptown Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and the Supremes, besides being renowned musical…
Embassy Theatre – Port Chester, NY
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…
Paramount Theatre – Newark, NJ
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…
Adams Theatre – Newark, NJ
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…
RKO Proctor’s Theatre – Newark, NJ
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…
Bureau Brothers Bronze Foundry
“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…
Pennsylvania Hospital
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…