Glenwood Theatre
60-60 Myrtle Avenue,
Ridgewood,
NY
11385
60-60 Myrtle Avenue,
Ridgewood,
NY
11385
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Probably not, Warren. What vested interest would they still have in concealing those figures ?
Tonino,
Thanks for your reply concerning The Glenwood theater’s main entrance located on Myrtle Ave.
The bowling alley was so well renovated,it was very hard to determine
that it was once a theater, hope you enjoyed the photos.
There will always only be one Glenwood to me. And that is the Glenwwood Theatre. My parents took us there once a month, occasionally going to the Oasis. There was only one marquis and one public entrance. They were on Myrtle Avenue.
Caio & shalom
Probably. The exact date of the Glenwood’s last film shown is not yet on this page ?
Thanks for the recollections, guys. I remember it as a bowling alley, not as a theater. My parents and I only bowled there once, in spring or summer of 1966.
Correct Bway,
The marquee was retained for the bowling alley, and did have a sort of odd bowling sign on it, nevertheless it was functional.
Tonino,
Thanks for your reply, to clarify the location of Glenwood’s two entrances, you are correct, there was an entrance under the marquee to enter the lounge, but the main entrance was on Decatur St.,allowing direct access to the front desk and second floor stairway.
Thanks for straightening out the organ issue Lostmemory.
In the first approximation, the Glenwood closed after the Acme but before the Madison. ………. ;–)
I’ve got these beautiful, but foggy pictures of all Myrtle Ave’s Theatres in my mind’s eye. Total recall, but no detail…..
Caio & shalom
I wish I could see a photo of the place when the place was still together
Right Bway, and lest there be any confusion, the main entrance and the marquee to The Glenwood were both on Myrtle Avenue as I remember them.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the trees behind the building in photo #2.
Caio,
Yes, I remember the marquee and it was right about where those people are walking. The marquee (wow I wish I could see a historic photo), was still a movie theater style lighting, and “Glenwood” in little lights.
The photo labeled #3 was taken on the Decatur street side, where the main entrance once stood, just to the front of the car, appears a man
who is either dismayed by what he sees (demolition) or just did not want to be in the picture.
Thanks so much! Very interesting. I remember walking around there when it was coming down, but unfortunately didn’t take any photos… Well I was only about 13 or so….
Thank you Lost Memory,
http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb60/panzer65/ .(See top post)
I have 4 demolition photos of the Glenwood Theater and Bowl, dated June of 1984. The actual closing I believe took place in 1982, but it sat dormant until the U.S. Postal Service acquired it.Note the old white and blue street markers on the traffic light. In the photo with the people walking by, that is Myrtle Ave.,and the Marquee and lounge entrance was just in front of where there walking. Another photo has me standing directly across from the main entrance on Decatur St..The building is already half demolished, and its roof has an A type roof, confirming the fact that Glenwood was once a theater.
Can someone help, I have some great photos to share, on photobucket,but I pasted them and they are not clickable, or in blue as you can see in the last posting.
Here are the sad demolition photos of the former Glenwood bowl and theater.http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb60/panzer65/?action=view
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Your welcome Bway and i will share them with fellow Cinema Treasures friends. I appreciate the help, I was going to wait until the site is upgraded to upload, but will do it the way you suggested. There may be some delay, as I need to sort through my photos, and go through the upload process. When I do post them, perhaps we will all be able to identify its features more accurately. I do recall I stood on Decatur St. looking at the main entrance, and half the building was demolished already.Its a sad sight and thought, but sharing and analyzing them will be a happy experience.
Wow Panzer! I would LOVE to see those photos! I remember as a kid walking around near the rubble, and wish I have taken photos.
By the way, you can upload them for free at a site like www.photobucket.com, and post the links here. I am sure many of us would love to see them! Thanks!
Thanks in advance, Panzer65.
Indeed ,the Glenwood was located at the corner of Myrtle and Decatur streets, a block away from the LIRR trestle, thanks Bway for the information concerning the Glenwood’s opera boxes. In reply to PKoch, indeed, the sideways view would be difficult unless a Vaudeville act was on the bill. Being constructed in 1921, I assume during the age of silent films the Glenwood was a Vaudeville House, that would be safe to assume considering we all agree that it did indeed have Opera boxes. Can any one provide interior shots to confirm this? I also have some sad photos of the demolition (ugh!) in 1983, which I witnessed through my Kodak disc camera. When uploading is available I will post them.
OK, the Ridgewood Post Office is now there, were the Glenwood Theater / Bowl used to be. I thought you were referring to Woodhaven Lanes.
Nope. Was referring to the LIRR freight line at Myrtle & Fresh Pond Rd. where the Glenwood used to be.
Bklyn Jim, I’ll let Bway answer about Woodhaven Lanes. By “railroad trestle”, do you mean where the abandoned Rockaway LIRR line passes over Metropolitan Avenue a block east of Woodhaven Boulevard ?
I’d indicated in earlier posts that I did not remember the Glenwood as a theater, only as a bowling alley. (I was a casual, non-league bowler on Sundays when I shoulda been at church, but I did league bowling for many years at Woodhaven Lanes – close to Glendale’s new Atlas Park 8?) On my last trip to Ridgewood/Glendale, I couldn’t find any evidence of the lanes near the railroad trestle. Is it a U.S. Pony Express outlet now?
Thanks, Bway. I mentioned your name because you seem knowledgable about building construction.
I, too, only bowled once at the Glenwood (spring 1966) and, like yourself, did not know it had once been a movie theater. Or, if my parents had told me, I had forgotten.