Palace Theater Demolition in Akron, 1970
Title
Palace Theater Demolition in Akron , 1970
Subject
Palace Theater Akron City of Akron Demolition Downtown Akron Buildings Interiors
Description
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 .
Creator
Kuner, Ron
Contributors
Akron Beacon Journal
Date
October 6 , 1970
Time period
1970s
Type
image
Format
8 x 10 in.
Source
Buildings_Historical_Akron_Palace_Theater_2a.jpg
Verso Transcription
demolition of palace theater / Wednesday OCT 7 1970 / Beacon Journal Photograph OCT 6 1970 by Ron Kuner / CITY
Relation
Akron Beacon Journal Photograph Collection
About the Collection
This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.
Rights
Copyright Beacon Journal Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproductions
http://www.summitmemory.org/cdm/abjreproductions
Sources Consulted
Price, Mark J. "Palace Theater." In Lost Akron. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press, 2015.
Date created
July 18 2015
Date modified
August 17 2015
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