City - New York, NY - Lots of Variety 1942
by Mike Savad
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City - New York, NY - Lots of Variety 1942
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Hand Colorized Photo
Description
Hand colored photo from 1942, Sept
Original title: Elevated railway station at Fourteenth Street and Third Avenue
Photographer: Marjory Collins
Location: 116 3rd Ave, NY
The theater was called the Variety playhouse, it was a moving picture palace, when silent films first came out, many places like this popped up. This building was built in 1897 and was probably a store or a house, they used its walls to build this location in 1914. It was only 25ft wide and under 100ft deep.
Despite its small size it stayed open for 90 years, even though towards its end of its life it became an adult movie theater. You can see it here in its midlife, still showing little films, and surrounded by pawn stores that selling clothing and one has music instruments, and that one donut store.
Today this location has nothing, it has buildings, but the EL tracks were removed, the cobblestone might be there, but under the road surface, the other buildings are long gone.
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May 5th, 2024
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