Print Sale – Winter 2012
Lobby, Loew's Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York
Some of my photography was recently featured in an online gallery show, and I have a few prints left over. They are in numbered editions of five and will not be available in these sizes again.
The sizes available are:
12″x18″ – $50.00
16″x24″ – $75.00
Please Email Me if interested. Payment accepted via Paypal, Credit Card or Personal check.
View from the balcony, Loew's Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York
View from the balcony, Loew's Palace Theatre, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Projection Room, Proctor's Palace Theatre, Newark, New Jersey
Balcony, Proctor's Palace Theatre, Newark, New Jersey
Stage, Proctor's Palace Roof Theatre, Newark, New Jersey
Auditorium, Proctors Palace Roof Theatre, Newark, New Jersey
Backstage, Proctor's Palace Roof Theatre, Newark, New Jersey
Auditorium, Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Box Seats, Paramount Theatre, Newark, New Jersey
Balcony, Liberty/Paramount Theatre, Youngstown, Ohio
Auditorium during demolition, Montauk Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey
Ceiling, Center Theatre, Woodbourne, New York
The Ridgewood Theatre
The top of the Ridgewood Theatre's proscenium arch.
The Ridgewood Theatre opened on December 23, 1916. Located in the Ridgewood neighborhood in Queens, New York, the 2,500 seat theater was built by the Levy Brothers Real Estate firm. The Ridgewood was designed by famed theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, who is known for the design of many New York area theaters. The Ridgewood was modeled after the now demolished Mark Strand Theatre, which was the first ever motion picture palace.
Q&A with Howard B. Haas, President of Friends of the Boyd
The Boyd Theatre's proscenium arch.
After photographing the Boyd Theater I learned a little bit about the Friends of the Boyd. I had a lot of questions, and luckily the group’s president and chairman Howard B. Haas was available to answer them. Below are his responses to several questions about the history of the Friends, his own personal experiences with the theater and some of his hopes for the future.
The Lansdowne Theatre
The Lansdowne Theatre auditorium.
Loew’s Majestic Theatre
View of the Majestic Theatre from the front of the balcony.
The Boyd Theatre
View of the auditorium from the balcony.
The RKO Hamilton Theatre
View from the balcony of the RKO Hamilton Theatre
Moss and Brill’s Hamilton Theatre opened on January 23, 1913 in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighborhood. The theater was commissioned by vaudeville operator Benjamin S. Moss and theater developer Solomon Brill and designed by the prolific Thomas W. Lamb, known for the architecture of many of the Hamilton’s contemporaries. Lamb designed the Hamilton in the Renaissance Revival style, incorporating a terracotta façade.
Loew’s Palace Theatre
View of the Loew's Palace Theatre from the balcony.
Popcorn Palaces
Loew's Majestic Theatre Bridgeport, CT
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve joined the creative team of Popcorn Palaces, an upcoming documentary that will cover the rise, fall and rebirth of some of America’s greatest theaters!
“Once upon a time, the theatre in which you saw a movie could be just as special as the movie itself. The theatres that America built in the 20s and 30s were extravagant, exotic fantasies designed to transport the audience into another world. The show started on the sidewalk the moment you saw the theatre’s towering sign, outlined in thousands of flashing, chasing lights, spelling out the words PARAMOUNT or FOX or LOEW’S. You had found your way to an acre of seats in a garden of dreams. “Popcorn Palaces” will not only be a celebration of America’s moviegoing legacy, it will also be the story of how theatres today are striving to develop new audiences. Long before there was a multiplex or HBO or Netflix, the ritual of going to the movies provided us with a gateway to a new and deeper understanding of ourselves and our world. Today theatres are priceless resources that are bringing new vitality and civic pride to our cities. Far from seeing themselves as a club for the aged, historic theatres have made educational outreach programs central to their mission. Theatres are part of our past. They are also a vital part of our future.”
Please check out the Popcorn Palaces website at: www.popcornpalaces.com and be sure to like them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/popcornpalaces
The Newark Paramount Theatre
View of the Paramount Theatre from the balcony.
The Paramount Theatre opened on October 11, 1886 as H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre. It was originally a vaudeville house managed by Hyde & Behman Amusement Co., a Brooklyn based theater Management Company. After H.C. Miner’s death in 1900, his surviving relatives retained ownership of the theater for several years until its sale in 1916 to Edward Spiegel, the owner of the nearby Strand Theatre. Spiegel also purchased the building next to the theater with the intent to use the space to expand the theater. To accomplish this he hired famed theater architect Thomas W. Lamb to do the alterations.
