115 Years Ago - Newsies treated to a day at Nay Aug Park
Close to 2,000 newsboys attended the party at the park
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Close to 2,000 newsboys attended the party at the park
Published January 18. 2021 8:15AM In 1949, a new building was constructed at the bottom of Cliff Street and Main Street. It consisted of a new Sears Roebuck store and a new Loew’s-Poli Theater, pictured here in 1951, to replace the one that was located in the old Broadway Theater. It was one of the first theaters in the nation that was equipped with air conditioning. Frank Sinatra attended the grand opening, which filled Franklin Square and the adjoining downtown streets with 75,000 admiring fans. About a decade later the theater and building was purchased by Ed Lord. He renamed the theat...