Comments from PeterKoch

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on May 21, 2012 at 10:12 am

Good photo, Tinseltoes. Thanks. I would attempt to date it if I could get it large enough to read the movie titles on the marquee.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on May 8, 2012 at 10:01 am

GREAT photo !!!!!

I’m going to print it, and stick it on my wall at work.

PeterKoch commented about Parthenon Theatre on Apr 13, 2012 at 10:14 am

Thanks, John. I never knew the Parthenon as a theater, only as a bowling alley, Parthenon Lanes, in 1961. My mom and I would stop in there after eating lunch at Koletty’s nearby to spend the time before I had to back at St. Brigid School nearby at 12:45 PM for first grade.

I remember liking those big thick bowling pencils.

I must have walked by the Parthenon thousands of times on the way home from St. Brigid’s, both for lunch, and for the day, yet I do not recall when it stopped being Parthenon Lanes. It would have been some time between September 1961 and June 1969 when I graduated St. Brigid.

If you know when it stopped being Parthenon Lanes, please e-mail me. Thanks.

See you at Wilson Avenue station Saturday May 5 2012 at high noon.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Mar 23, 2012 at 3:48 pm

I walked by the Ridgewood Theatre this morning at 10 a.m. on my way to RSB. I didn’t cross the street to peer through the gates but took notes on the marquee.

The western face still reads :

THE BUSHWICK
TWIN – S

The small southern face. parallel to Myrtle Avenue, reads :

RETAIL FOR LEASE Erin Grace, CCIM
40,000 SF 212 710 5257
DIVISIBLE Christa Minogue
SRS 212 710 5247

The eastern face of the marquee is blank.

No change since I was last there August 4 2011.

On a happier note, Rudy’s Konditorei Bake Shop at 905 Seneca Avenue (northeast side, between Catalpa and Myrtle Avenues, next door to Ridgewood Eats, formerly the Bank Restaurant) has reopened after a ten-day renovation and is back in business as usual, selling cakes and cookies from cases and counters in the front, with a cafe area in the back with tables and chairs where you can sit sipping cappucino.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 13, 2012 at 2:07 pm

I’ve been away, anxious and depressed for personal reasons that I won’t go into here.

But now I’m back, starting to feel free to enjoy life again, and part of that is returning to Cinema Treasures.

I expect to be walking by the Ridgewood Theatre again before the month is out, and, once I have done so, I will post my usual report here.

I don’t expect to see much of a change since my last visit on Thursday August 4 2011.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Dec 29, 2011 at 9:58 am

You’re welcome, NativeForestHiller, and thank YOU for this update.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Dec 28, 2011 at 11:15 am

Yes, Bway, I know I’ve been missed, and that it’s been awhile. Thank you for saying so.

For reasons I prefer not to go into here, I haven’t had much to say lately.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Aug 17, 2011 at 1:20 pm

Sad news indeed, RobertR. Thank you, though.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Aug 8, 2011 at 4:50 pm

Probably but thanks any way.

I last walked by Aug 4 2011 at about 10 a.m.

No change since my last visit.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Jun 21, 2011 at 9:45 am

Thanks Chris. It’s good to BE back. MY PC was taken down by a virus 3 weeks ago. I got it back last Wednesday the 15th.

I am still restoring some connections like this one.

I expect to be back on Bushwick Buddies soon also. But I am a bit wary of clicking on non-work-related stuff.

PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Apr 22, 2011 at 2:41 pm

I walked by the Ridgewood Theater about 10:35 the morning of Friday April 22 2011. There was no change since I last walked by there on Friday March 18th 2011. The following is still on the western side of the marquee, facing west towards Madison Street :

THE BUSHWICK
TWIN-S

I observed no details of the inner lobby nor the box office.

PeterKoch commented about RKO Bushwick Theatre on Apr 13, 2011 at 2:23 pm

Thanks, John D and WilliamMcQuade !