Lackawanna County Children's Library

We stopped by the Children's Library the other day to check out their O Gauge train display.

Nay Aug Falls

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Nay Aug Park

It was wet and gloomy in the park this morning.

Blizzard of 1993

View from front window of our old house on 24th Street in Cleveland, looking south toward Superior Avenue on the afternoon of Christmas Day 1993. There was no snow on the ground that morning, the storm moved in by early afternoon leaving about twenty inches by the following morning.

A Face on a Post

A face on a post, last Sunday morning in Nay Aug Park.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas.

Cleveland Union Terminal and the Soldier's and Sailors monument from Erie magazine, December 1959.

From Liberty magazine, December 23, 1939.

From National Geographic December, 1949.

Ridgewood NY: Oasis Theatre

The Oasis Theatre, 63-57 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, NY, Opened: September 16, 1927, Closed 1976.

Above photo from Cinema Treasures.

Above, from Motion Picture News, January 7, 1928.

Electric City Trolley

A few of Philadelphia Suburban 76 from Saturday.

Northbound at Cedar Avenue.

Southbound at the south end of Laurel Line tunnel.

Nay Aug Falls

A misty/foggy Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Step Falls

Step Falls from the Harrison Avenue bridge this morning.

Coney Island Lunch - Scranton Hobby

Two great places to visit in Downtown Scranton, Coney Island Lunch at 515 Lackawanna Avenue and Scranton Hobby at 517 Lackawanna Avenue.

Chicago: Belmont Theatre

The 3,200 seat Belmont Theatre at 1635 W. Belmont Avenue was built by the local Lubliner & Trinz circuit and opened in 1925. The architect W.W. Ahlschlager later became famous as the designer of the Roxy Theatre. Balaban & Katz took over the theatre in 1930 and operated it until the mid 1960's when it was converted into a bowling alley. The theatre was razed in 1996.

Opening ad from Cinema Treasures.

Above, drawings and photos from Motion Picture News, June 24, 1927.

Lackawanna Avenue

A couple of views of Lackawanna Avenue at the beginning of last Saturday's snowstorm.

Looking west from near Lackawanna Station.

Looking east from Wyoming Avenue.

Alder Street

Alder Street looking west from McGuinness Court last Sunday morning.

Spruce Street Complex

A view of the Spruce Street Complex, looking south from the Lackawanna Railroad bridge at the beginning of Saturday's snow storm.

Nay Aug Falls

Nay Aug Falls this morning.

Step Falls

Step Falls from the Harrison Avenue bridge this morning.

Philadelphia: Boyd Theatre

Philadelphia's Boyd Theatre at 1908 Chestnut Street, opened on December 25, 1928, Cinerama was installed in 1953. The theatre was renamed the Sam Eric in 1971 and closed in 2002. Now endangered, a group is trying to save Philadelphia's last motion picture palace. For more information see the Friends of the Boyd page. The following images are from Motion Picture News, February 2, 1929.

Allen Theatre

An example of proper lighting from Box Office Magazine, September 4, 1954. I remember selling tix in that BO, changing posters in the cases, letters on the marquee. In the winter the letters would freeze in the tracks, I'd bang them loose with a T. Every so often we'd hose the front down. 

Ballyhoo 60's style, from Box Office, November 25, 1963.