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Description

The Astoria Ballroom, was originally built as Her Majesty’s Theatre, and ran as such 1911-1915. It was then used as a skating rink, auction rooms and for storage until returning to theatre use as the Paramount, then the De Luxe (1924-1930). It continued use as the De Luxe Skating rink, the De Luxe Dance Hall, the Coconut Grove Dance Hall (1936-1942), ANA Dance Hall, George Street Dance Hall and eventually the Astoria Ballroom from approximately 1948-1984. The Astoria Ballroom was managed by Astoria Promotions, formed in 1964, who leased the ballroom from Recreation Manawatu Ltd, a subsidiary company of Kerridge Odeon Corp. Ltd. The large hall/ballroom was demolished in 1984 but the facade remains. The building is now used for retail.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Bc 168

Date

April 17, 1980

Digitisation ID

2009N_Bc168_BUI_2411

Held In

Coolstore