Admittedly, I have walked by 31 Canal St. and never looked twice.
It is an old, shuttered electronics shop with a sign that reads “ABC  enith”  – It’s missing the Z in “Zenith.”
But if I looked up, I would have seen this beautiful white façade, festooned by masks, wreaths and griffins.
And inside, the old chandeliers [...]

January 15th, 2010 | Tags: canal street, chinatown, CREATE, Loew's Canal Street Theater, Lower East Side, movie palace, movie theater, new york city, Rebecca Lepkoff | Category: posts | Leave a comment