Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Sunshine Theater on East Houston Street and was established in 1917

Sunshine Theater on East Houston Street and was established in 1917 by Charlie Steiner and had a long history with varied uses, having initially been built as a church in 1844, but later used as a meeting hall and a boxing venue. 

In 1908, Charlie Steiner and Abraham Minksky converted the church building into a Nickelodeon called the “Houston Hippodrome”, which charged 10 cents admission for its Yiddish three-act plays and also offered local & European movies with #Yiddish subtitles. 

Sadly this historic closed in 2018 and was demolished to make way for a new 9-story glass-facade office tower. 

We will miss seeing many #independentfilms at this gem. Our photo of Sunshine Theater appears in our book “New York Nights”.  

• • • • • #disappearingfaceofnewyork #theater #jamesandkarla #cinematreasures #cinema #independenttheatre #theatre #neonsignage #neonsign



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