In 1753, Lieutenant-Governor Cadwalader Colden made reference to the comfortable lodgings and good food of the Blue Bell when the Colden family had taken shelter from a rain storm.ĭuring the American Revolution, the tavern was used by American and Royalist forces (on separate occasions) as a drinking establishment and for court-martials. The Blue Bell was constructed between 17 and had served the public faithfully until the early part of the 20th Century. Historically the site of the Coliseum was occupied by the Blue Bell Tavern, which had been a local drinking establishment since colonial days. The architects were DeRosa and Periera, who designed other movie palaces of that period. Moss was involved with the launching of the theater as an entity. Demolition began in March 2020 and was completed in November 2020.On the northwest corner of 181st Street and Broadway, the RKO Coliseum boasted to be the third largest theater in the United States, with 3,500 seats, when it opened in 1920. It was being prepared for demolition in November 2019. By 2009 it was named Coliseum Cinemas using a former exit off the original main foyer as its main entrance. The theatre closed in 2002, but reopened in July 2004, as the New Coliseum Theatre, operated by Jesus Nova. It was was re-opened under new independent management on June 28, 1991, operating a a quad.
Cineplex Odeon closed the twin on November 9, 1989. The spectacular RKO ‘lightening bolt’ neon lit marquee that wrapped around the corner entrance was removed in 1984. At this time the ornate original ceiling in the auditoriums could still be seen and appreciated by those who have a passion for nostalgia. On Novemit was twinned by dividing the mezzanine, while the orchestra section was converted into retail use occupied by New York & Co., Bravo Supermarket, Radio Shack and Easy Connections. It became a full-time movie theatre in 1934. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Uncle Don’s Kiddie Show, and Gertrude Berg of television’s “The Goldbergs” were among the performers who had been there. Keith’s Vaudeville and many of the most famous vaudeville acts came to the stage of the Coliseum Theatre. It later came under the management of RKO. The orchestra pit had a capacity for 25 musicians. It was equipped with a Moller 3 manual 15 ranks theatre organ. Moss Enterprises who launched the theatre. The plans by architects Eugene DeRosa & Percival Raymond Pereira were approved by B.S. Original plans were drawn by architect William H. Moss' Coliseum Theatre boasted to be the third largest theatre in Manhattan, with 3,462 seats, when it opened on September 23, 1920.
Located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, on the northwest corner of W.
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