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The Ritz Theatre, a 2,791 seat movie palace in Elizabeth
1926
1148 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey
Jim.henderson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fred Wesley Wentworth designed this vaudeville and silent film house on the site of the 1865 Drake Opera House, and it opened in 1926 with an Art Deco interior and 2,791 seats. RKO closed it in 1979 and demolition was proposed the next year. Preservationists bought it time in 1989 and it works today as a performing arts centre.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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