This should make the Oct 11 link clickable. When adding links to comments I generally copy and paste the sample line from the how to make links on Cinema Treasures page and replace the data. Although it should be possible to duplicate that style on the keyboard for some reason it doesn’t always seem to work for me.
Detroit Funk has visited the neighborhood, which has visibly deteriorated since the Google car last went through. Eighth picture from the top shows some of the theater.
Minor damage from last month’s earthquake leads to questions about building’s condition, talk of possible demolition. Philadelphia Inquirer column here.
I’ve seen a number of street views on the site that were behind or around the corner from the theaters they were supposed to represent, but that one beat all. I got this page moved into reality…fat lot of good it did with the scaffolding around the building when Google came by.
According to yesterday’s Times of Trenton the theater is up and running on a “soft opening” basis as the operators work the bugs out. No online version of the story is available.
The “Rally Round The Flag Boys” picture may be seen here. Thanks to archive.org for having old versions of the theater page, making a search possible. The picture was originally listed as appearing courtesy of Fred R. Krauss; perhaps if someone in charge asks Mr. Krauss nicely he will let the site use it again.
This article includes a picture of the theater and a mention that the current plan for the theater is apparently conversion to residential use, although it doesn’t go into detail about what form that residential space might take (the theater is not the sole focus of the piece).
Cinema Holdings Group plans to reopen this theater as a discount house ($5 tickets) renamed the Destiny 12. They want to be open by the end of July. Story at nj.com
If this theater was torn down for an expressway built in the 1950s then the cars in the photos must be capable of time travel. Doesn’t really look like Chicago either. I like the marquee though. Which Elmo is that, really?
Story on the Franklin’s restoration in the July/August issue of Preservation magazine. Online version here: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2011/july-august/franklins-star-attraction.html
Shut down for a year by the city. Philadelphia Inquirer story at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110617_Troubled_Feltonville_nightclub_will_stay_closed_for_a_year.html
The Arlo’s actual address was in the 2600 block of Westfield Avenue. It doesn’t show up at all on the Street View, so it can be given demolished status.
The future of the “supper club” operation in the former theater is questionable after nine people were shot in the parking lot last weekend; Philadelphia’s mayor wants to shut it down. Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
Oh, I suppose we’ll get by for a few days without memories of the Adelphi and the 400 in Chicago, news of a small-town theater reopening in Oklahoma, minutiae about the projection booth of a GCC twin in Pennsylvania, new listings of a nickelodeon in Boston, a miners' hall in Wales and a multiplex on Guam.
Assuming they actually use all of the screens, 42,000 people per week is only an average of 240 per screen per day. Imagine what that figure must have been for the old palaces in their heyday.
A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust “will help pay for the first comprehensive study of the physical condition and redevelopment potential” of the theater. Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
Yes, I’m sure that the creme de la creme of Boston society regularly visited Jack’s Joke Shop to replenish their supplies of itching powder and fake noses.
In one place on IMDB it has the release date as January 1962, but if you click the link it has a list including December 20, 1961, Chicago, Illinois. So The Happy Thieves may have been a world premiere engagement at the Woods.
This should make the Oct 11 link clickable. When adding links to comments I generally copy and paste the sample line from the how to make links on Cinema Treasures page and replace the data. Although it should be possible to duplicate that style on the keyboard for some reason it doesn’t always seem to work for me.
Underage drinker blacks out, breaks fountain in theater: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/132088448.html
Another news story about how there’s nothing new with the Royal and the neighbors are starting to get ticked off.
The El spur was called the Normal Park branch. Chicago-L.org tells its story here.
Detroit Funk has visited the neighborhood, which has visibly deteriorated since the Google car last went through. Eighth picture from the top shows some of the theater.
Minor damage from last month’s earthquake leads to questions about building’s condition, talk of possible demolition. Philadelphia Inquirer column here.
Here is a picture of the block. The theater is in the white building at the right.
I’ve seen a number of street views on the site that were behind or around the corner from the theaters they were supposed to represent, but that one beat all. I got this page moved into reality…fat lot of good it did with the scaffolding around the building when Google came by.
Jack Norworth is in the Songwriters' Hall of Fame, on the strength of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and “Shine On Harvest Moon.”
According to yesterday’s Times of Trenton the theater is up and running on a “soft opening” basis as the operators work the bugs out. No online version of the story is available.
The “Rally Round The Flag Boys” picture may be seen here. Thanks to archive.org for having old versions of the theater page, making a search possible. The picture was originally listed as appearing courtesy of Fred R. Krauss; perhaps if someone in charge asks Mr. Krauss nicely he will let the site use it again.
This article includes a picture of the theater and a mention that the current plan for the theater is apparently conversion to residential use, although it doesn’t go into detail about what form that residential space might take (the theater is not the sole focus of the piece).
Cinema Holdings Group plans to reopen this theater as a discount house ($5 tickets) renamed the Destiny 12. They want to be open by the end of July. Story at nj.com
If this theater was torn down for an expressway built in the 1950s then the cars in the photos must be capable of time travel. Doesn’t really look like Chicago either. I like the marquee though. Which Elmo is that, really?
Story on the Franklin’s restoration in the July/August issue of Preservation magazine. Online version here: http://www.preservationnation.org/magazine/2011/july-august/franklins-star-attraction.html
Shut down for a year by the city. Philadelphia Inquirer story at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110617_Troubled_Feltonville_nightclub_will_stay_closed_for_a_year.html
The Arlo’s actual address was in the 2600 block of Westfield Avenue. It doesn’t show up at all on the Street View, so it can be given demolished status.
Remember, the first 90% of the project takes up the first 90% of the time allotted, and the last 10% takes up the second 90%.
The future of the “supper club” operation in the former theater is questionable after nine people were shot in the parking lot last weekend; Philadelphia’s mayor wants to shut it down. Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
Oh, I suppose we’ll get by for a few days without memories of the Adelphi and the 400 in Chicago, news of a small-town theater reopening in Oklahoma, minutiae about the projection booth of a GCC twin in Pennsylvania, new listings of a nickelodeon in Boston, a miners' hall in Wales and a multiplex on Guam.
BUT IT BETTER BE WORTH IT! (I bet that it will.)
Assuming they actually use all of the screens, 42,000 people per week is only an average of 240 per screen per day. Imagine what that figure must have been for the old palaces in their heyday.
A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust “will help pay for the first comprehensive study of the physical condition and redevelopment potential” of the theater. Philadelphia Inquirer story here.
Both features on the marquee in the photo were 1956 releases.
Yes, I’m sure that the creme de la creme of Boston society regularly visited Jack’s Joke Shop to replenish their supplies of itching powder and fake noses.
In one place on IMDB it has the release date as January 1962, but if you click the link it has a list including December 20, 1961, Chicago, Illinois. So The Happy Thieves may have been a world premiere engagement at the Woods.