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By Lee Forest Black
tagged [none] by wellske ...on 14-AUG-06

Contains “Christmas Week” information about productions and actors, as well as general information about the Keswick Theatre. Parking availability. Upcoming shows and events, opportunities for local groups to rent the theatre.  By Lee Forest Black

Contains both advertisements from the theatre as well as nearby stores. Notes productions as well as actors.  By Lee Forest Black

Opened in 1928 by the architect of the Philadelphia Art Museum, Horace Trumbauer as a vaudeville/movie house. Best recognized for its architecture and acoustics, suburban atmosphere.  By Lee Forest Black

from National Register of Historic Places (2005).The Keswick Theater. November 18, 2005. from the United States Department of the Interior.

Architectural style is Stick/Eastlake, dimensions given. By Lee Forest Black

D’Alessandro, G. (Dec. 8, 2004). Glenside’s ‘Jewel’ keeps delivering. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 17, 2005, from www.philly.com

“The Keswick Theatre has endured through disaster, changing time”

Real estate attempt to relocate middle-class families from the city in hopes of promoting a  suburban life. Tudor style shops along with movie theatre would promote business as well as cinema. A new form of cinema outside the confines for the inner city.  By Lee Forest Black

tagged pftheater_Keswick by wellske ...on 14-AUG-06

Acclaimed as perhaps the best theatre in Philadelphia in terms of acoustics and comfort level. Cites specific acts that performed there.  By Lee Forest Black

Contains both advertisements as well as pictures. This book essentially describes the entirety of the Keswick’s existence as a suburban theatre that transformed an entire community. Takes the theatre from before it was constructed up to today. By Lee Forest Black