[Astor] Theatre & store building, Philadelphia, Pa. for [?] [graphic]

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Visual Materials Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theaters--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

722-728 W. Girard Ave. at Franklin St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Astor Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

722-728 W. Girard Ave. at Franklin St. (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Astor Theatre (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

2 photomechanical reproductions : stats ; 49 x 34 cm.

Contained In:

Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Place of Publication:

n.d.

Notes:

Set includes two partial photostat of architectural drawings, showing plans & sections for a building on Girard Avenue.

Glazer, Philadelphia theatres, A-Z, p. 62, identifies the Astor Theatre (German Theatre, Lyric, American, Astor), 722-28 West Girard Avenue. Glazer indicates that there was an earlier Astor Theater on the same site, previous to the red brick building built in 1930's and standing in the mid-1980's. Notes on the verso of the drawings suggests these plans are for the newer theater, at Girard & Franklin Sts.

Forms part of: Irvin R. Glazer theaters collection. Graphics series.

Cited in:

Glazer, p. 62.