- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Loew's Grand Theater
- Creator:
- Jones, Ed
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1978
- Subject:
- Theaters--Georgia--Atlanta
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Atlanta--Georgia
Clubs--Georgia--Atlanta
Bars--Georgia--Atlanta
Ice--Georgia--Atlanta
Loew's Grand Theater (Atlanta, Ga.)
Zebra Lounge (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Five Points, 33.75427, -84.38965 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- ...at night, after the fire, the Loew's was again grand; a frozen palace with ice water curtains.
View of Loew's Grand Theater on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, in the aftermath of a fire.
icicle; fashion; clothing store; movie theater; movie palace;
The Grand Opera House was built on Peachtree Street in 1893 by Laurent DeGive as a larger and more elaborate successor to the DeGive Opera House built at the corner of Marietta and Forsyth Streets in the 1870s. The Grand came under the management of Marcus Loew's Theater organization in 1916. In 1932, in order to compete with movie theaters, the Loew's Grand Theater was renovated by architect Thomas W. Lamb. The one screen theater had 2088 seats. The theater was the site of the movie premiere of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind in 1939. Declining attendance in the 1960’s led to its closing in 1977. The abandoned theater caught fire January 30, 1978 and the damage led to the demolition of the historic venue. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4002.001
ahc1704002001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1238
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
