Fox Theatre, 20 Flatbush Avenue & 1 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
Summary
Significance: The Fox Theatre in Brooklyn represented the moving picture theatre in its prodigious phase. With a 4,305 seating capacity, the theatre was one of the largest ever built. Stylistically, it exemplified creative eclecticism, combining East, Indian, Baroque, and Art Deco elements into an imaginative and novel blend. A principal showplace of metropolitan New York City, it was initially a major link in the chain of theatres forged by motion picture mogul William Fox.
Survey number: HABS NY-5554
Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1971 Demolished
Tags
Date
1927 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Fox, William
Crane, Charles Howard
Franzheim, Kenneth
Dore, Ben A
Aronberg-Fired Company, Incorporated
Location
South Brooklyn, 40.68827, -73.98068
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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