Kings Theatre

1989? 1985 was perhaps the lowpoint of Brooklyn’s history. You wouldn’t recognize Brooklyn from 1989….it’s back in force.

The last time i was here was 1989 ….how is the area now?

Who’s gonna come to that neighborhood ? Haven’t been there in years. It used to be great. What’s it like now ? What kind of people live there ? Do they even go to the movies ??? It’s a long time since I saw “The Legend of Lylah Clare” at the Kings !

the Ziegfeld is closed for a couple weeks, so it will lose less money. There’s isn’t any chance at all that the Loew’s King, built with more than 3000 seats, as a single auditorium, is going to again show new movies. That’s like all the suggestions that the Embassy 2-3-4 aka Mayfair would again do so. The Mayfair is being gutted to its bare walls now. Focus on the Loews Kings showcasing live shows….or see it gone.

Here’s a thought on an economically viable use of LOEW’S KINGS or any other king-sized cinema treasure —– it’s so obvious nobody thinks of it: Question: Is movie box office good right now or not? Answer: It’s booming! Question: Why did Loew’s Kings close? Answer: Extreme high crime, a prolonged slump in box office. With crime rates down, box office up, and a renewed interest in revitalization of Brooklyn, why not consider playing movies on a regular basis in addition to special events. Who wouldn’t love seeing that. At today’s $11 price, that’s a lot of bread-n-butter money.

The #1 box office hit today is “Pirates 3, At World’s End.” The Walt Disney Company is NOT excluding single screen theatres from their first run of this film. In NYC, it’s at the Zeigfeld. We saw it last night in Washington’s finest, the Uptown. It’s also in single screen theatres in Baltimore, Akron, Los Angeles, etc. Disney has been wonderful not only about the New Amsterdam in NYC, they’ve restored the El Capitan (Paramount) on Hollywood Blvd and movies play there every day —– incidently across the street from the Chinese Theatre which has never ceased playing movies.

Maybe other people should use that link and write one.

Native;
I just wrote them a letter a few seconds ago, and it seems to have gone through.

I tried to write them a nasty letter, but it did not go through

Oh my, that was a hatchet job on the poor Kings theatre. Better research could have produced a more accurate article. It was slanted towards giving up on the Kings and not saving it. I am optimistic that the Kings will be saved. Are you listening to us mister Markowitz?

Regarding the comment in the NY Times article about “substantial damage….the roofs over the retail spaces have collapsed”. I find this a misleading statement as well. Yes, the roofs have collapsed, I was present on the developer’s tour, but the retail space is a very, very small part of the overall structure. It would take very little money to replace/restore that space. The buidlding as a whole, is not anyway near in bad shape as The New Amsterdam theater was in Manhattan before that magnificent restoration. This structure is totally salvagable and I hope one of the two? plans to restore it is accepted and put in motion.

Today’s (03/11/2007) N.Y. Times Real Estate section has a story on the Kings:

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I think we should all agree with luis V. This theater should be one of the top performing arts places in the borough.