709 Washington Blvd. Baltimore, Md. ( Southwestern Baltimore City )

Many Thanks to Dr Robert Headley for the Photo !   Several Baltimore movie theatres were torn down to make way for a Boulevard that would make travel from Southwest Baltimore to the Howard Street Coridor quicker. Martin Luther King Blvd. has made travel in Baltimore much easier, but the Columbia Theatre was one of the old theatres torn down to make way for the new roadway, as were theatres on Penna. Ave., West Baltimore Street , and Fremont Street. The photo above shows the site where the Columbia stood from the 1920's to the 1970's, when it was torn down. The site is now a ramp to get onto I-95 towards Washington DC or New York. ..........   Two ads from the Columbia Theatre in Baltimore Maryland. The first ad is circa 1922.  The second ad dates back to 1936.  The ads often listed the address as simply Columbia Avenue and Fremont. Columbia Avenue has been known for years now as Washington Boulevard, and the lower section of Fremont Avenue has been taken over by the 1970's building of Martin Luther King Blvd. Not only is there no trace of the old Columbia Theatre, but the old intersection itself is gone as well.

Thanks To Dr. Robert Headley for the Photo ! www.Kilduffs.com

Several old ads for the Columbia Theatre, one of the larger and more important old movie houses in Southwest Baltimore City : " Potash and Perlmutter" dates back to 1923. The next two ads are circa 1922, listing the entire weeks showings in one ad. ( not easy on the eye ) Below, " The Lady Lies " is circa 1929, when films just started using sound, and ads were always eager to point that out to readers. " Song of Love" was also circa 1929.
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