Not the case here, but interestingly, the former UA Patchogue Multiplex was also built on the site of the old Patchogue Drive in….but in that case, the Drive in also had an indoor theater building for when there was bad weather, winter, etc….and they incorporated that into one of the new auditoriums of the Patchogue Multiplex that was built around it.
Here’s a great photo of the Park Row theater in it’s early days. There’s another theater a few buildings now, but can’t make out the name of it. Anyone know?
That is exactly the point that doesn’t make sense in the Daily News article and why I seemingly “overreacted”. While we all know the Ridgewood was put together with bandaids near the end of it’s theater life, it still was completely operational. How does it turn into “shambles and nothing left” in just two years? THAT is what I find hard to believe. I totally understand that whatever goes into it needs to be profitable. However, to say that “it’s all gone and nothing is left” on the inside is utterly impossible, as it was still an operational theater just 2 years ago! Theaters that sat for decades still had “stuff left”, and while dire straights weren’t “in shambles”.
As I said, two things could have happened here, either the Daily News article exaggerated or took comments out of context", which is a possibility, or something underhanded is going on here. I hope it’s the former and not the latter.
Yes, I do too. My apology is only for attacking Paul Kerzner (as I don’t know what context it was taken in), however, my feeling that something is wrong here stands. I still don’t understand how a theater that was operational, just 2 years ago (although granted needing maitenance) can all of a sudden be in “shambles” and “nothing left”. SOMETHING is wrong with this whole thing.
I apologize for perhaps overreacting. I guess I was just “in shock” when I read that article and people were quoted as saying “it’s all gone”, which I found hard to believe, based on observations put for here.
It is possible that the author did perhaps put their own thought into the article, above facts, and that the people quoted were taken out of context, which is also possible.
Yes, I agree, something is fishy here. Paul Kerzner has always been very active in preservation, and now all of a sudden “all is lost”? Give me a break, something is terribly fishy here. I suspect “real estate commission” has gotten in his way in this instance. As noted, the theater was an operating theater just 2 years ago, and now it’s “too far gone”. Tell me another one.
I believe it is against the policy of the website to do that, or at least it used to be. In any event, it still has to be hosted elsewhere to be able to post through codes in the website here, such as sites like photobucket, or private sites. You can’t upload directly here.
I hope that is not the case, but I find it hard to believe the theater could be this trashed in just over a 2 years, it was an operating theater.
The Madison did have that “mysterious” fire in the late 70’s. And let’s not forget what happened deliberately to the RKO Keiths in Flushing. I am not not suggesting any of that took place here, however, I am hoping that the “shambles” that is described in that article is just an exaggeration, as I still find it very hard to believe the place could have went from an operating theater just two years ago to “everything is lost” and “shambles”. Something is either being exaggerated here, or something is wrong.
The Irving Theater is currently for sale:
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Ironically, the other Liberty Department Store is in Ridgewood, and that one is in the former Madison Theater.
Not the case here, but interestingly, the former UA Patchogue Multiplex was also built on the site of the old Patchogue Drive in….but in that case, the Drive in also had an indoor theater building for when there was bad weather, winter, etc….and they incorporated that into one of the new auditoriums of the Patchogue Multiplex that was built around it.
Till the next corporate name change!
I know, but I spelt it like the Home Depot like Home Improvement Chain…..Lowes.
Here’s a photo of the Venice:
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Ooops, obviously I meant “Loews”, not Lowes.
Here’s an old photo of the Lowes Canal:
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Ahh, thanks, I am confused then. I thought it was the legit one. Sorry, my mistake.
Thanks!
Here’s a very early photo of this theater. It was called ‘Gramercy Photoplays" at the time:
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Here’s a great photo of the Park Row theater in it’s early days. There’s another theater a few buildings now, but can’t make out the name of it. Anyone know?
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A great article of the renovated theater with some great photos:
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Here is a photo of the Hippodrome in the 1930s
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Here’s a photo Radio City when the El still ran in front of it:
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Here’s the link:
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Here’s a very early photo of the Colony Theater
So I assume this has nothing to do with the Shore Theater?
That is exactly the point that doesn’t make sense in the Daily News article and why I seemingly “overreacted”. While we all know the Ridgewood was put together with bandaids near the end of it’s theater life, it still was completely operational. How does it turn into “shambles and nothing left” in just two years? THAT is what I find hard to believe. I totally understand that whatever goes into it needs to be profitable. However, to say that “it’s all gone and nothing is left” on the inside is utterly impossible, as it was still an operational theater just 2 years ago! Theaters that sat for decades still had “stuff left”, and while dire straights weren’t “in shambles”.
As I said, two things could have happened here, either the Daily News article exaggerated or took comments out of context", which is a possibility, or something underhanded is going on here. I hope it’s the former and not the latter.
Yes, I do too. My apology is only for attacking Paul Kerzner (as I don’t know what context it was taken in), however, my feeling that something is wrong here stands. I still don’t understand how a theater that was operational, just 2 years ago (although granted needing maitenance) can all of a sudden be in “shambles” and “nothing left”. SOMETHING is wrong with this whole thing.
I apologize for perhaps overreacting. I guess I was just “in shock” when I read that article and people were quoted as saying “it’s all gone”, which I found hard to believe, based on observations put for here.
It is possible that the author did perhaps put their own thought into the article, above facts, and that the people quoted were taken out of context, which is also possible.
Here’s a historic photo of the Fox:
http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?112835
Yes, I agree, something is fishy here. Paul Kerzner has always been very active in preservation, and now all of a sudden “all is lost”? Give me a break, something is terribly fishy here. I suspect “real estate commission” has gotten in his way in this instance. As noted, the theater was an operating theater just 2 years ago, and now it’s “too far gone”. Tell me another one.
I believe it is against the policy of the website to do that, or at least it used to be. In any event, it still has to be hosted elsewhere to be able to post through codes in the website here, such as sites like photobucket, or private sites. You can’t upload directly here.
I hope that is not the case, but I find it hard to believe the theater could be this trashed in just over a 2 years, it was an operating theater.
The Madison did have that “mysterious” fire in the late 70’s. And let’s not forget what happened deliberately to the RKO Keiths in Flushing. I am not not suggesting any of that took place here, however, I am hoping that the “shambles” that is described in that article is just an exaggeration, as I still find it very hard to believe the place could have went from an operating theater just two years ago to “everything is lost” and “shambles”. Something is either being exaggerated here, or something is wrong.