Opened in 1921, the stately Loew’s Sheridan occupied the triangle at Seventh Avenue, 12th Street, and Greenwich Avenue in the West Village. But crowds dwindled, and in 1969, St. Vincent’s Hospital tore down the theater, intending to put an 8-story structure in its place. Hmm, sounds familiar…
Alas, they never did. Instead, St. Vincent’s moved into the Maritime Building next door and built an incinerator on the Loew’s site. That didn’t sit well with neighborhood activists, who remain skeptical of the hospital’s current expansion plans, as this City Review piece outlines.
Freaky trivia: In 1933, a man bought a ticket at the theater with a $5 bill. Turns out it was a marked bill from the Lindbergh baby ransom, leading to the arrest of Bruno Hauptmann, reports a 1935 New York Times article.
(New-York Historical Society photo)
Tags: Greenwich Village, Lindbergh kidnapping, St. Vincent's
April 30, 2008 at 2:09 am |
This is driving me nuts! Which corner of the triangle is that?
August 8, 2008 at 4:20 pm |
On the left you’re looking north up 7th avenue. Greenwich ave on the right
August 8, 2008 at 4:21 pm |
Uh…vice versa. Oops.
November 16, 2008 at 4:41 pm |
Great shot. Grand theater that went down for no reason. Was a profitable Loews theater in 1969 but unfortunately it was only leased and St. Vincents made a garden out of the empty lot.