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The 3,300-seat theatre opened in mid-February 1931 with Reducing (1931) starring Marie Dressler, following six vaudeville acts on the stage.
The Triboro featured a Mayan Revival exterior with an Atmospheric auditorium in an Italian Renaissance design, all by architect Thomas Lamb.
In 1931 the Triboro gained a Wurlitzer theatre organ, a 3-manual, 13-rank instrument (Opus 1699) which had previously be housed at Loew’s Canal Street Theatre in Manhattan.
Despite being one of the last movie palaces to be built in the New York area, the Triboro Theatre was one of the first to go, closing in June 1974 and being demolished later that year. Its demolition continues to leave a gaping wound in Queens’ architectural history.
Information in part sourced from Cinema Treasrues .
Further Reading. from The New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists .Photographs copyright © 2002-2024 Mike Hume / Historic Theatre Photos unless otherwise noted.
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