Tremont Theatre was a theater constructed in about 1910 with seating for 942. It was located on Webster Avenue and East 178th Street, beside a New York Telephone Company building.[1] One of the earliest purpose-built cinemas, it was known by various names during its use including Tremont Yiddish Theatre,[2] Cinema Tremont, Moss's Tremont Avenue, and the Hamilton Theater. The theater closed around 1960.[3][4]
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| Address | The Bronx, New York City United States |
| Location | Webster Avenue and East 178th Street |
| Type | Movie theater |
| Capacity | 942 seats |
| Construction | |
| Built | Around 1910 |
| Closed | Around 1960 |
Organ Specifications: It had a II/7 "Style 3" Wurlitzer, Op. 9 in 1912 and an M. P. Moller pipe organ, Opus 2952, 3 Manual/17 Rank installed in 1921 at a cost of $8,000.[5]
Weblinks
edit- New York City Chapter of The American Guild of Organists listing (with photograph of storefront)
References
edit- ^ Twomey, Bill (2002). South Bronx. Arcadia Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7385-1020-0.
- ^ Back in the Bronx: celebrating the experience of growing up and living in the Bronx. Vol. 2. Internet Archive. Scarsdale, NY: S.M. Samtur. 1995. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-9657221-0-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "NYPL Digital Collections". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ Digital Collections, The New York Public Library. "(still image) Bronx: Webster Avenue - 178th Street". The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "Tremont Theatre - The Bronx, NY". New York City Chapter of The American Guild of Organists. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
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