The Canal is one of the 24 theaters in my new book “After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theater.” Find out more here. The Loew’s Canal Theatre opened in September of 1927 in New York, New York. The Loew’s Corporation contracted with Thomas W. Lamb, one of the foremost theater architects of the 20th century, to design a theater on Canal Street in Manhattan. The 2,314 seat theater was the second largest motion picture theater in the city when it opened. Even though it was a larger theater, it mostly showed “B” movies and serials. Loew’s sold the theater to the Greater M&S Circuit a little over a year after it opened, and bought it back when they went bankrupt in 1929. On the morning of September 10, 1932, an explosion rocked the front of the Loew’s Canal, throwing the ticket booth into the street and shattering windows on a number of neighboring buildings. No one was injured in the blast, but Edward Brown, the theater’s night watchman, was thrown down a flight of stairs by it.

A similar explosion destroyed the entrance of the Loew’s 46th Street Theatre an hour earlier. Both bombings were thought to be connected to the Motion Picture Operators’ Union Local 306, who were on strike at the time and protesting in front of both theaters, but nothing was ever proven. According to an article in the New York Post, Comedian Jerry Stiller grew up going to the theater. ocean blue crinkle voile curtainStiller says, “we used to go on Saturday morning at the Loew’s Canal. oxendales curtainsAt nine in the morning, they’d show things like the “Fitzpatrick Traveltalk,” cartoons and serials like “Flash Gordon.” curtains and blinds sw8By the time you got to 10:30, they’d get to the double-header, two pictures in a row. target missoni shower curtain

What happened was, your mother or father would drop you off at nine, and they didn’t have to pick you up until three. That’s where we got our education.” Eddie Cantor, who also grew up in the Lower East Side, had the world premiere of his film, “Forty Little Mothers” at the Loew’s Canal in April of 1940. The theater closed in the late 1950s, and by the early 1960s the lobby was converted to retail space, while the auditorium was used as a warehouse. The last occupant of the lobby space was an appliance store and repair shop that closed in the late 2000s. The terracotta façade of the theater was designated a New York City Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Committee in 2010. Later that year, the Committee to Revitalize and Enrich the Arts and Tomorrow’s Economy (CREATE) teamed up with the building’s owners to conduct a feasibility study to convert the space into a performing arts center. They received a $150,000 grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., but ultimately the project never came to fruition.

The building’s owners planned on converting the space into an 11-story condo complex, but the plan was rejected by the NYC Department of Buildings. Currently, the former auditorium is still used as a warehouse, while the lobby space is empty. If you’d like to help with my exploring/research efforts, please consider purchasing a print, all support is very appreciated. © Matthew Lambros and After the Final Curtain, 2014. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Matthew Lambros and After the Final Curtain with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.Great fabric, great quality would defo come back for more. Ordered some felt and got within 2 days. Will definitely order again. Thank you for a super service and great quality felt. I had trouble ordering at first, but I rang up and spoke to such a helpful woman, and then found it easy to order after her help.

Look forward to ordering again. Thank you for the help. Just received my fabric, love it, love it, love it! Thank you Fabric Land and the fabrictiers. Love love love Fabricland! Have ysed for some time now and have never been dissappointed. Beautiful quality faric at incredible prices. I only go elsewhere if they dont have what i need……whuch has been abot 3 times in as many yrs! keep up the good work. Fantastic website, easy to navigate round and excellent prices. Was so excited when my fabric paint package came and it didn’t disappoint. Will definitely use again. I have always found ordering from fabric land a stress free experience, the spade have always been helpful and the service swift would highly recommend. I ordered some xmas fabric for stockings on Wednesday and got it next day, fantasticSagri Frieber, Associate ASID, owner of Accents by Design of Bedminster, designs elegant interiors for discriminating clients from Far Hills to New York as well as New England and the Jersey shore.

Sagri attributes her success to the philosophy that a given design project, when executed properly, should reflect the client’s individual needs, style and taste. “The complete and thorough collaboration between client and designer is of utmost importance” says Sagri. Sagri has created a niche for her company by working with her clients’ personal style and preferences. Sagri’s extraordinary, custom-made window treatments, for which she is known, are fabricated in her own workshop using the same finest fabrics and trims that are sold in her store. By having her own workshop, Sagri is able to deliver the finished product on schedule and exactly according to specification. Another exclusive service provided by Accents by Design of Bedminster, which her clients value highly, is the retrofitting of existing window treatments to accommodate new, different sized windows. Sagri also helps clients to design their own upholstery or reupholster their existing beloved pieces. Sagri offers a wide array of specially selected, complementary accents for the home in the English and French traditions.