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Loew's Plaza Theatre
103-12 Roosevelt Avenue
Corona (Queens), N.Y. 11368
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Loew's Plaza Theatre was designed by R. Thomas Short and first opened in November, 1927. In its first few years, the 2,151-seat theatre presented vaudeville with a feature movie, then switched to double features that were first run for Corona, Jackson Heights, and surrounding area. After Loew's built the larger and more luxurious Valencia in
Jamaica and Triboro in Astoria, the Plaza landed on the bottom tier with the
circuit's other Queens theatres — the Hillside, Willard, Prospect, and Woodside.
The Valencia got the double-feature programs first, the Triboro a week after
that, and the others a week after the Triboro.
In 1952, Loew's was forced to divest the Plaza in order to comply with Federal anti-trust regulations, and the theatre became part of the Century Circuit, which finally closed it due to a decline in the neighborhood. An "indie" took over, twinned the theatre and converted it to showing the latest Hollywood movies with Spanish subtitles. The Teatro Plaza closed in late 2005.
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Austin Organ Company
Hartford, Conn. – Opus 1552 (1927)
Electro-pneumatic action
3 manuals, 11 ranks
This organ was moved to Chaminade High School, Mineola, N.Y. |
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Sources:
Cinema Treasures web site: www.cinematreasures.org
Ochse, Orpha. Austin Organs. Richmond: The Organ Historical Society, 2001.
Junchen, David L. Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
Photos:
AJWB Collection: interior.
Cinema Treasures web site: exterior. |
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