 The Loew's Victoria Theater, as it was known until 1977, opened as a 2,394-seat, luxury Vaudeville and motion picture theater.Typical of movie palaces of its era, it contained a stage and backstage dressing rooms and provisions for live music, including an organ.It cost $250,000 to build and was hailed “as one of the largest and most beautiful theaters in greater N.Y.” by a contemporary publication.