This theater opened as the Broadway Theater in 1919, reopened as The State in 1933, and closed for good in 1981. The building was demolished when the Theater Row Office Building was built in the early 90s, but it almost looks like some of the facade survived...Or did they just mimic some of the facade from The Colonial that they saved? Anyone know?
Video courtesy of the Internet Archive
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/11980/
ReplyDeleteShort but assuming it is accurate since it is a cinema based site.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/24390/
Also some good stuff on the State including the newsreel above, making me wonder if you already found this site!
Hey--the State and Colonial were both destroyed in 1992. Nothing remains of the State's facade--what's there vaguely echoes what it looked like. When the building was coming down, the old Broadway's facade was revealed underneath the State's.
ReplyDeleteExcellent, thanks for the info DP.
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