Historic movie palaces / Corktown edge / Downtown
Times Square Theatre
Closed – archive entry · 1929–1958
Christian W. Brandt's 1,700-seat Spanish Revival movie house on Abbott Street opened weeks before the 1929 crash, was shut by the Depression a year later, and from 1936 ran 24 hours a day.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1929
- Closed
- 1958
- Architect
- Christian W. Brandt
- Style
- Spanish Revival
- Seats
- 1,700 (about 1,000 from 1936)
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
The Times Square opened on October 9, 1929, weeks before the stock market crash, with the Girlesk Follies on stage and Colleen Moore in Smiling Irish Eyes on screen. Christian W. Brandt designed the 1,700-seat Spanish Revival house. The Depression closed it on October 3, 1930. It reopened in 1936 using only its 1,000 orchestra seats and running 24 hours a day. It closed for good on December 6, 1958, and was demolished in 1962.
- Opened weeks before the 1929 crash
- Ran 24 hours a day from 1936
- A Christian W. Brandt Spanish Revival design
Plan your visit
The Times Square was demolished in 1962 and no longer stands on Abbott Street. For a movie night, see the working cinemas in our guide.
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