A Bird’s-Eye View Over the Washington Theater
by Paula Bosse
As the crow flies… (click for very large image)
by Paula Bosse
This wonderful photo shows an aerial view looking northeasterly over the top of the Washington Theater, Dallas’ first ornate movie palace. It was located between N. Akard and N. Ervay, at 1615 Elm Street — now the site of Thanksgiving Tower. I think the street at the top right edge of the photo is Live Oak, which used to come all the way through to Elm. I love this photo.
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Sources & Notes
Photo from Lost Dallas by Mark Doty (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2012).
Bird’s-eye view today-ish (with 1615 Elm marked):
Bing Maps
The Washington Theater was in business at 1615 Elm from 1912 to 1927. More on the Washington in the Flashback Dallas post “The Washington Theater — Dallas’ First Movie Palace,” here.
Click pictures for larger images.
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Flashback : Dallas 
The Palace was opened right next door (to the east) in 1921. When the larger theatres seating 1,000 or more began to be built very soon after 1912, the Washington’s days were numbered.
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and note the triangular plot of land which is now Thanksgiving “Square”
wonder if the large square block of land is a park
and yes the street in the upper right corner is Live Oak
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