Pink Floyd
Loew's Theatre
Providence, RI
November 4, 1971
The Loew’s State opened its doors on October 6, 1928 as a premier picture palace of Rhode Island with a seating capacity is 3232. One of the main draws of the theater was not the films it showed, but its opulent design, created by The Rapp brothers. The Rapps (George and C.W.) were architects who made their name by designing beautiful movie houses, complete with chandeliers hanging from the ceilings, marble columns and detailed moldings on the walls. The theatre earned the distinction of being named to the National Register of Historic Places for its "period of significance" being the Golden Age of the movies, from 1925 to 1949. By the late 50’s and 60’s the theater saw more live concerts as a way to keep the doors open which is now known as “The Golden Age of Rock n Roll”.
By 1972 The Loew’s State was turned into the Palace Concert Theater mainly for rock concerts. The building was starting to show its age and the rock audience did not help. The theater got run down with ceiling problems that leaked, too much smoking and abuse with little or no maintenance. Eventually it closed down for a period and there was even talk of demolishing the building. That aside, some of the best rock concerts were held at the Palace and we thank all the promoter’s that made it possible.
The theater opened its doors again now as the Ocean State. It ran another four years under that name and more rock concerts still came to visit the theater. During this period a new addition was added.
information from here: http://www.rirocks.net/Search/loewspalace.htm
The theater is still open today as The Providence Performing Arts Center. No known recording.
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