Closing Bell: Inside Loew's 46th Street Theater

The very cool blog After the Final Curtain posted photographs of the Loew’s 46th Street Theater, a theater built in 1927 now fallen into disrepair. It was built as the first atmospheric theater in New York City, designed to look like “a night sky in an Italian garden.” Clouds were even projected across the ceiling. According to ATFC, “the 2,675 seat theater was acquired by the Loew’s Corporation in August 1928, and closed so renovations could be made to the sound equipment. It reopened on September 10, 1928 as the Loew’s 46th Street Theatre.” In the 1940s the “night sky” effects fell into disuse. In 1970 the space became an independent movie theater, later that year it reopened as a concert hall and hosted bands like the Grateful Dead and the Bee Gees. That closed in 1973, and it has been used for furniture storage since. This isn’t to be confused with the Loews King Theater on Flatbush Avenue, currently under renovation.
Loew’s 46th Street Theatre [After the Final Curtain]