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Loew's Jersey Theatre exterior 2006. Loew's Valencia, Jamaica, Queens. The Loew's Wonder Theatres were movie palaces of the Loew's Theatres chain in and near New York City. These five lavishly designed theaters were built by Loew's to establish its preeminence in film exhibition in the metropolitan New York City area and to serve as the chain's ...
Loew's Theatres Incorporated was formed in 1904 in Cincinnati, Ohio, by entrepreneur Marcus Loew. Loew founded a chain of nickelodeon theaters which showed short silent films in storefront locations. Soon the company opened vaudeville houses and movie palaces. Loew's theaters were found in cities throughout the United States, but primarily in ...
Loew's Wonder Theatres; A. Akron Civic Theatre; B. ... Ohio Theatre (Columbus, Ohio) Olympia Theatre (New York City) Orpheum Theatre (Boston) P. Paradise Theater (Bronx)
The Loew's Jersey is one of five "Loew's Wonder" theaters in the New York City era, each of them an architecturally opulent movie palace. The Jersey opened in 1929, showing a mix of live ...
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The Ohio Theatre is a performing arts center and former movie palace on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. Known as the "Official Theatre of the State of Ohio", the 1928 building was saved from demolition in 1969 and was later completely restored. [3] [4] The theater was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. [3] [5]
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The James Building was known for the James Theatre, which was renamed Loew's Broad Theater in 1927. The cinema was Columbus's first elaborate movie theater. It closed and was razed in 1961 to make way for the new office building. [3] The building has held the offices of Ohio politicians Mike DeWine, George Voinovich, and Jo Ann Davidson. [4]