The "New" DeLuxe Theater - Houston, Texas
The old DeLuxe Theater opened in 1941 at 3303 Lyons Ave. in Houston's 5th Ward and closed in 1969. The old theater fell into disrepair and was abandoned for a couple of decades.
In 1998 the original DeLuxe was purchased along with an adjacent furniture store by the 5th Ward Redevelopment Corp. and a master plan to reutilize the DeLuxe as a community performing and visual arts facility was implemented.. The FWRC partnered with the City of Houston and Texas Southern University which led to the rehabilitation of the old theater. The "new " DeLuxe Theater complex opened in 2015, not long after this picture was taken.
Houston, Texas. 9.7.2015.
The "New" DeLuxe Theater - Houston, Texas
The old DeLuxe Theater opened in 1941 at 3303 Lyons Ave. in Houston's 5th Ward and closed in 1969. The old theater fell into disrepair and was abandoned for a couple of decades.
In 1998 the original DeLuxe was purchased along with an adjacent furniture store by the 5th Ward Redevelopment Corp. and a master plan to reutilize the DeLuxe as a community performing and visual arts facility was implemented.. The FWRC partnered with the City of Houston and Texas Southern University which led to the rehabilitation of the old theater. The "new " DeLuxe Theater complex opened in 2015, not long after this picture was taken.
Houston, Texas. 9.7.2015.