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The Boyd was designed by Philadelphia architecture firm Hoffman-Henon and built for Alexander R. Boyd. [1] It opened on Christmas Day 1928. Boasting an opulent Art Deco lobby, extravagant marquee and ticket booth and a 2,450 seat auditorium that featured a screen advertised as 'the largest in Philadelphia', the theater became well known among several others along Chestnut Street.
Mann Center for The Performing Arts; Former names: Robin Hood Dell West (1976–79) Mann Music Center (1979–2000): Address: 5201 Parkside Ave Philadelphia, PA 19131: Location ...
The theatre opened in 1908 as the "Crystal Palace," seating nearly 700. [4] In 1927, the venue became a concert hall. In 1941, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corporation took over management of the venue converting it into a movie theatre. [5] Along with the changes came a new name, the "New Palace Theatre." The theatre's popularity declined ...
National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, opened in 1948, closed in 1959 [8] Philadelphia Commercial Museum, closed in 1994; Sweetbriar Mansion, closed since 2014; late 18th-century house located in west Fairmount Park; was operated by the Modern Club of Philadelphia from 1939 to 2014 [9] Neon Museum of Philadelphia, closed in 2022 after 2 ...
The Sedgwick Theater is a historic American theater in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928 and designed by architect William Harold Lee. It is one of the remaining 20 Philadelphia theaters as of 2006 which he designed; nine have been demolished. Only two in Philadelphia are open – The Ace Theater ...
Ensemble Arts Philly (also called Ensemble Arts) is a presenting brand name from the Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Philadelphia Orchestra, representing a wide variety of genres, including Broadway, comedy, theater, jazz, dance, and family presentations across three venues: the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the Academy of Music, and the Miller Theater.
Miller Theater, originally the Sam S. Shubert Theatre and later, the Merriam Theater, is Philadelphia's most continuous location for touring Broadway shows. It is located at 250 South Broad Street within the Avenue of the Arts cultural district of Center City Philadelphia. The Theatre was built by The Shubert Organization in 1918.
The Julien Levy Gallery is dedicated to photographs from the museum's collection of over 150,000 prints, drawings, and photographs. [ 7 ] The Joan Spain Gallery is dedicated to exhibition of the museum's costume and textiles collection, which has over 30,000 works.