Originally opened as the Poli’s Palace Theatre in 1922 with 3,642 seats, designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb as one of a double theatre complex along with the adjacent Poli’s Majestic Theatre for theatre operator Sylvester Z. Poli. In 1934, both theatres were taken over by Loew’s and operated as movie theatres. The theatre was renamed Loew’s Palace Theatre. During the 1970s it screened adult movies before closing in 1975. In the late 1970s, an attempt to turn the building into a Christian Revival Center never came to fruition. In 1979, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Born in Italy, Sylvester Zefferino Poli (1858 - 1937) initiated a career in wax sculpting and quickly moved on to dime museums, curios, variety shows, and ultimately became a theatre magnate who controlled thirty vaudeville and movie theatres throughout the Northeastern United States. He was heralded as the largest individual theatre owner in the world at that time. His Poli’s Palace was known to be the largest theatre in Connecticut.

The theatre is presently vacant and awaiting restoration. On February 24, 2020 the building suffered damage from a fire.


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95 x 120 cm, edition of 9 plus 2APs
AP 2/2 available (last one)

150 x 190 cm, edition of 6 plus 2 APs
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