@Andrew-Porter posted:I lived nearby in the early 1950s; my father taught at Redford High School. I think I saw "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" at the Redford Theater—scared the crap out of me. (I was maybe 6 or 7, went with my older brother).
I really enjoyed the article about the movie house and the train setup in Classic Toy Trains for January, 2020. I've lived in NYC since 1956, no way I could ever see the layout now, but thanks for the videos! Here's the Redford Theater I remember:
Thanks! The exterior of the theater is still more or less as your picture shows it although improvements through restoration are slowly being made as money allows. The interior thankfully is no longer as you likely recall and has been returned back to pretty close to its original state. "Updates" during and after World War Two had done a number on the place and it wasn't even a shadow of its former self when our group began restoration efforts 35 years ago.
