Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA. Only known photo so far. Source: Cinemas Treasures
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA. Large 60s cars taking up parking spaces on street and lot where the theater used to be. Source: Philadelphia Building - As parking lot.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA. This is the correct side where the theater used to be. The photo above this one was showing the REAR of the building. You can notice the same buildings on the left in the above photo as in this photo on the right. Taken in 2019. They painted murals. Google is stupid to blur faces on murals! What's going on, Google? Ban the blur! Source: Google.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA. Present day look. Taken in 2019 of same side as the Black-and-White photo. Noticed it has murals now. Source: Google.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA. This article stated that the Rink operator of Alhambra bought Imperial in 1953 however.. read the next one below. Source: Billboard - 04 April 1953, page 51, Third column.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, PA. Wow, he quit already? Source: Billboard - 11 February 1956, page 62, Third Column.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink
1628-44 Passyunk Ave. Philadelphia, PA
1628-44 Passyunk Ave. Philadelphia, PA
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink 1628-44 Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a movie theater at one time. later, as an event and roller rink followed by.. now a parking lot.
Frank Migone opened the 2,500 seats theater, The Alhambra Theatre on Monday, 11 September 1911. However, Frank sold the theater in just two months after he opened. The new operator was William W. Miller, the operator of William Penn Theatre. Later, in 1941, the theater was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. (perhaps division of Warner Brothers Pictures) It closed on Sunday, 09 March 1952 showing I’ll See You in My Dreams starring Doris Day following by Pals of the Golden West starring Roy Rogers.
I believe Frank Migone built the theater and sold it in two months was in fact more of... the idea of as investment. Just built and sell for a tidy profit. Kind of like some people would flip a house and sell. Same concept.
It became a skating rink in early 1952 but closed for good in 1960. The building was heavily damaged by fire on Friday 11 May 1962. Because of the fire, the owner sold the building to the city in 1963 to only be demolished to become a parking lot.
During its last few years up to 1960, the Alhambra Theater Roller Rink served as a boxing arena, and a more recent arena called the New Alhambra was named for it for a brief time.
The facility was subleased on a ten-year contract as an event center featuring wrestling and boxing along with as a roller rink.
The Interior.
When it was a theater, it was 2,500 seating theater. But when it was converted to roller rink, it covered the floor after removing the seats. Floating? Perhaps.
Maple floor likely.
After they remodeled from the theater, it was converted rink and event center and they had other sporting events including wrestling and boxing.
The Exterior.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Wood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1911. Renovations: 1952 (into rink).
Demolished: Fire on Friday 11 May 1962.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel(?) Trusses Steel - Bricks Theater.
Roof: Slant.
Acres: N/A.
Organ: Possible. Unknown.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: None.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Theater Seating: 2,500. (1 screen/stage)
Operated: (Overall skating)-- 1952 to 1960.
Alhambra Theater: Monday September 1911 to 1952.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink: 1952 to 1960.
Abandoned: 1960 to 1963.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Alhambra Theater: Monday September 1911 to 1952.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink: 1952 to 1960.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at Dead-Rinks. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Cinemas Treasures - Good source of information.
Philadelphia Building - The theater.
Philadelphia Building - As parking lot.
Billboard - 04 April 1953, page 51, Third column.
Billboard - 11 February 1956, page 62, Third Column.
South Philly Review - Link is broken. Only got information from a theater fan on Cinemas Treasures comment post.
Date of issue: 26 August 2022.
For office use only: 6.
Worth to visit:
You can since it is a parking lot now. Go enjoy seeing the murals where the building used to be adjoined with other buildings.
DISCLAIMER:
Dead-Rinks and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on Dead-Rinks are not the property of Dead-Rinks therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of Dead-Rinks and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Dead-Rinks List.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.
Frank Migone opened the 2,500 seats theater, The Alhambra Theatre on Monday, 11 September 1911. However, Frank sold the theater in just two months after he opened. The new operator was William W. Miller, the operator of William Penn Theatre. Later, in 1941, the theater was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. (perhaps division of Warner Brothers Pictures) It closed on Sunday, 09 March 1952 showing I’ll See You in My Dreams starring Doris Day following by Pals of the Golden West starring Roy Rogers.
I believe Frank Migone built the theater and sold it in two months was in fact more of... the idea of as investment. Just built and sell for a tidy profit. Kind of like some people would flip a house and sell. Same concept.
It became a skating rink in early 1952 but closed for good in 1960. The building was heavily damaged by fire on Friday 11 May 1962. Because of the fire, the owner sold the building to the city in 1963 to only be demolished to become a parking lot.
During its last few years up to 1960, the Alhambra Theater Roller Rink served as a boxing arena, and a more recent arena called the New Alhambra was named for it for a brief time.
The facility was subleased on a ten-year contract as an event center featuring wrestling and boxing along with as a roller rink.
The Interior.
When it was a theater, it was 2,500 seating theater. But when it was converted to roller rink, it covered the floor after removing the seats. Floating? Perhaps.
Maple floor likely.
After they remodeled from the theater, it was converted rink and event center and they had other sporting events including wrestling and boxing.
The Exterior.
The Stats:
Rink Size: N/A. Floor: Likely Wood. Floor Layout: N/A.
Building Size: N/A. Built: 1911. Renovations: 1952 (into rink).
Demolished: Fire on Friday 11 May 1962.
Type of Building: Free-Span Steel(?) Trusses Steel - Bricks Theater.
Roof: Slant.
Acres: N/A.
Organ: Possible. Unknown.
10 Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Duck Pins Bowling Lanes: None.
Candlestick Bowling Lanes: None.
Pocket Billiard Tables: None.
Amusement Rides: None.
Driving Range Slots: None.
Miniature Golf Course: None.
Arcade: (Number unknown)
Skee-Ball: N/A.
Fascination: None.
Restaurant: None.
Cocktail lounge: None.
Laser Tag: None.
Bounce Houses: None.
Bumper Cars: None.
Go-Kart: None.
Motel: None.
Swimming Pool: None.
Jungle Gym Playground: None.
Skate Park: None.
Theater Seating: 2,500. (1 screen/stage)
Operated: (Overall skating)-- 1952 to 1960.
Alhambra Theater: Monday September 1911 to 1952.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink: 1952 to 1960.
Abandoned: 1960 to 1963.
Reason for Closure: N/A.
Alhambra Theater: Monday September 1911 to 1952.
Alhambra Theater Skating Rink: 1952 to 1960.
Wanted: Information regarding exact dates of open/closed, why closed, size of rink, rink materials. Also, photos/articles. Anyone knows or have photos, please let me know by emailing at Dead-Rinks. Thank you. You can also use this form.
Sources:
Cinemas Treasures - Good source of information.
Philadelphia Building - The theater.
Philadelphia Building - As parking lot.
Billboard - 04 April 1953, page 51, Third column.
Billboard - 11 February 1956, page 62, Third Column.
South Philly Review - Link is broken. Only got information from a theater fan on Cinemas Treasures comment post.
Date of issue: 26 August 2022.
For office use only: 6.
Worth to visit:
You can since it is a parking lot now. Go enjoy seeing the murals where the building used to be adjoined with other buildings.
DISCLAIMER:
Dead-Rinks and Mark Falso are not responsible for your physical and legal injuries you may have caused. We do not endorse such illegal activities including breaking and entry of former rinks, malls, abandoned buildings, etc. Please always obey laws and regulations and property owner's signs. Some states allow purple paint on fence which means they even have guns on their property and have rights to shoot you. Please DO NOT attempt to enter property without permission!
For abandoned rinks, after you receive permission, do WEAR safety OSHA equipment including a safety glasses, pair of safety gloves, an orange vest or a jacket, and a construction helmet.
Thank you for understanding.
Second of all: The contents including words and photos above on this page and/or on any pages are purely educational entertainment purposes only. I provide what information from other websites, skaters, and operators and it may end up with different results between two (or more) sources. It is not our responsible for errors we caused. All sources are shown on each page. All opinions and statements of mine are also stated and are for purely educational entertainment only.
Rinks that are closed are considered dead. Rinks that are/were sold and with new management names new name(s), the former are considered dead. Previous operating rink that closed but came back years later, are considered dead because the reopening is considered rebooted, nothing to do with the former.
As for “For Office Only” is for my reasoning and private legal reason for that.
Any music associated with any YouTube or any other videos provided on Dead-Rinks are not the property of Dead-Rinks therefore we do not own the rights to the music.
All photos you submitted or we retrieved become property of Dead-Rinks and are watermarked but they are credited to you (or where the source is from). Thank you for understanding. To understand more about this, please go to this page: Dead-Rinks List.
© Copyrighted by Dead-Rinks, an International Commercial Archeology Preservation© Group. All Rights Reserved. Jn 3:3 to 16. Deut. 32:7.