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Paradise Theater

2004 Photo from the Roger Katz collection.

2413 Grand Concourse
Bronx (New York) NY

	Record #16520
Opened: September 7, 1929 Closed: 2012 Current Use: Church Demolished:	Capacity: 3785 seats Architect(s): John Eberson Architectural Style(s): Atmospheric; Spanish National Register: Current Organ: none
Also Known As: Venetian
Previously operated by: Loews Theatres

The Paradise was closed by Loews in 1994. It then underwent a $25 million restoration in preparation for a 2005 reopening. Over the next few years it staged concerts and boxing matches. However, the theatre appears to have closed again by July 2008. Another reopening for live music performances occurred on October 24, 2009. It closed again in the fall of 2012 and was converted into a church.

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August 2004 photos from the Roger Katz collection.

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June 1990 photos from the John Lewis collection.

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Last featured 10/17/2004. Last edited 12/2/2012.

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