Interior photograph of the demolition of the Palace Theater in Akron, Ohio. The theater opened on April 26, 1926, and was the crowning achievement in local entertainment. "Akron's New Million Dollar Theater," a 2,200-seat venue, was the vision of department store executive Bert A. Polsky and attorney Harry E. Andress, who co-founded the Main & High Realty Co. to sell stock for the project. The Palace consisted of two buildings - a narrow arcade entrance off South Main Street and an auditorium between Maiden Lane and South High Street. The Palace ruled in Akron, Ohio, for three years, until Loew's Theater opened in October 1929 on South Main Street. Loew's was larger, more lavish and was competition for the Palace in the coming Great Depression. The Palace closed in 1966 after forty years of business. A broken water main flooded the lower levels of the theater in 1970, making it too costly to repair. The site served as a parking lot until Akron-Summit County Public Library built over it in the The theater opened on April 26, 1926, and was the crowning achievement in local entertainment. "Akron's New Million Dollar Theater," a 2,200-seat venue, was the vision of department store executive Bert A. Polsky and attorney Harry E. Andress, who co-founded the Main & High Realty Co. to sell stock for the project. The Palace consisted of two buildings - a narrow arcade entrance off South Main Street and an auditorium between Maiden Lane and South High Street. The Palace ruled in Akron, Ohio, for three years, until Loew's Theater opened in October 1929 on South Main Street. Loew's was larger, more lavish and was competition for the Palace in the coming Great Depression. The Palace closed in 1966 after forty years of business. A broken water main flooded the lower levels of the theater in 1970, making it too costly to repair. The site served as a parking lot until Akron-Summit County Public Library built over it in the early 2000s.
