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The Palace Theatre was originally composed of an office wing along Times Square, as well as the theater wing on 47th Street that contained the auditorium. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The original building's site was assembled from ten land lots at 1564–1566 Broadway and 156–170 West 47th Street, which were arranged in an "L" shape.
The Palace Theatre is a 2,695-seat restored movie palace located at 34 W. Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio. It was designed and built in 1926 by the American architect Thomas W. Lamb as part of the American Insurance Union Citadel (now the LeVeque Tower ).
The theatre opened on November 6, 1922, with vaudeville star Elsie Janis headlining. The show was sold out, with several high-profile guests of the entertainment world attending, like Marcus Loew, a pioneer of the motion picture world and founder of Metro-Goldwin-Mayer (MGM) film studio, and Adolph Zukor, one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.
The Palace was built in 1922 by local businessman Alfred DiBella. [1] The theater featured 1300 seating, a second floor dining and dance ballroom. After Alfred died in 1959, ownership was transferred to his daughter, Frances DiBella, who was behind the cash register or the popcorn counter nearly every night for more than fifty years. On her ...
The Palace Theater is located in downtown Waterbury, on the south side of East Main Street, east of the city green. It occupies about 125 feet (38 m) of street frontage, with a series of small storefronts on the ground floor to the right of the theater entrance. The entrance sheltered by a large marquee that projects over the sidewalk.
It has a seating capacity of 2,800 people and is owned by Live Nation. The historic landmark opened on September 1, 1928, and was designed by architect John Eberson. [2] It was originally known as the Loew's and United Artists State theatre. The Palace exhibits a Spanish Baroque motif with arcades, balconies and turrets.
The theatre now has seating for 1420 patrons (originally the theatre had seats for 1540 patrons). [24] When the theatre opened, retail space was rented to four businesses on the street level and a medical clinic and beauty shop on the second floor level. [ 25 ]
Called the New Palace upon opening on November 27, 1916, the theater was designed by Saint Paul architects Buechner & Orth in a Beaux-Arts style. [1] It was built with the surrounding St. Francis Hotel, which also included shops, a ballroom, and the largest single-room billiard hall in the country.