JOLSON’S 59TH STREET THEATER . 932 7th Avenue between 58th and 59th Streets. Architect: Herbert J. Krapp . Opening: October 6, 1921; Bombo .
This theater had an especially difficult history. The site was originally the Central Park Gardens , which were replaced by the Central Park Riding Academy . The horses left in 1916, and then the Shubert brothers purchased the land. They built the theater as the Imperial but soon found that one...