Hi, caesar. You’re right. That’s too bad about “Dark Knight” getting snubbed. It was a well-done film, and, not only was Heath Ledger wonderful in his role as the Joker, but I loved the nighttime aerial shots of Gotham, which reminded me so much of the beginning aerial shots of NYC’s West Side during the prologue of the film “West Side Story”.
I saw the movie “Milk”, and thought it was good. “Slumdog Millionaire” was a good, well-done film, but rather heartbreaking, and not one that I could sit through again.
I wasn’t able to enter onto the Bushwick buddies website, but, hey, I’m curious about the Ridgewood community in general, because I enjoy reading/hearing about how such communities came into existence,, and what makes them tick, so to speak.
You mean because the company wouldn’t? Okay. I get you. It’s amazing that even in this tanked economy, lots of businesses/companies are still into their own agenda.
I realize that it’s far easier said than done. Didn’t mean to sound flip about it.
I, too, think it’s great that some of the indy movie theatres are still functioning, which is partly why I hold an annual membership at a favorite theatre of mine that’s an indy theatre.
Have you ever thought of having two classic films a month instead of only one? Just curious, because, with the way that lots of movies are now, many people are interested in the older classic films.
Don’t know what to say, newt wallen, except keep on truckin'. you’ll hopefully strike pay-dirt if you keep adding your two cents. As some people say, if you keep hammering the nail on the head, sooner or later, it’s going to go in.
During the heyday of Urban Renewal, back in t he 1950’s and 1960’s, some of Boston’s communities were either completely bulldozed out of existence only to be replaced by not-so-attractive high-rise buildings, resulting in the displacement of hundreds, if not thousands of people, or were ghetto-ized by unscrupulous block-busting tactics. That, too, kindled my interest in communities like Ridgewood and other communities like it.
Ridgewood, Queens, and Lincoln, MA, were very, very different places to grow up. Whereas Ridgewood, (Queens), NY, seemed like a very urban area, the southern part Lincoln, MA, where I grew up, was a whole different kind of place—very wooded and idyllic, while the northern part of that town was very much like a typical suburban development—the houses smaller and much closer together. Lincoln was divided by Route 2.
Growing up in Lincoln, MA, I and afew of other kids on my street grew up playing hop-scotch, 10-20, hide-and-seek, “cowboys and indians”, “statue”, kickball, jump-rope and Chinese Jump-rope, particularly on summer days and evenings, too, until we were called in by our parents for dinner.
Often, too, we’d play on somebody’s back or front lawn, and, on snowy winter weekends and during school and holiday vacations, we’d go sledding on the street, or flying-saucering on our lawn, from morning until sunset. ice-skating, too, was a fun thing, though I was rather clumsy at it.
Bicycle riding was great, too, and swimming at a man-made pond near the Lincoln-Weston border was a popular past time, as well.
I first became interested in communities like Ridgewood (though I’d never heard of Ridgewood until I began posting here on CinemaTreasures), back in the mid to late 1970’s, when mandatory school busing took Boston by storm, and, when I began living away from home and coming in contact with all kinds of people, a number of who’d been caught up in Boston’s school busing controversy, and either were Boston public school students at the time, and/or who were parents with kids in the Boston Public School system at that time, or who’d been part of the gentrification movement. It was interesting to meet people who were caught up in that controversy, and I wanted to learn and understand as much as I could about people’s response to the controversey, and what made many of Boston’s communities tick. Doing my own research on this also helped, too. After that, although a full understanding has never been possible for me,
I went to our public schools for most of my years, and to a large suburban public high school.
You’re welcome, Peter. K. Thanks for all the info on the Ridgewood community and the Ridgewood Theatre. Communities such as the Ridgewood and other places like it throughout the United States have interested me for a long time. I first became interested in communities like that back in the mid to late 1970’s.
Btw—yes, I did enjoy my visits to NYC for screenings of West Side Story, as well as the one stage play of WSS that I saw there back around Thanksgiving of 1980, at NYC’s Lincoln Center.
You’re a transplanted city guy who moved to the ‘burbs. I did the reverse; I’m a transplanted suburbanite who moved to the city more than 30 years ago and has never wanted to look back since.
Different strokes for different folks. When I read all the postings about Ridgewood, yes, it did convey to me much of the flavor of the Ridgewood community from 50 years ago right up to the present. I enjoyed reading it all, too.
Oh, btw, I did see “2001: A Space Odyssey” when it first came out 41 years ago. Good movie. I’ve seen it at least 2-3 times since, each time forgetting how freaky it is.
Yup—I do like it here a great deal. You and your wife have a friend who lives in Lincoln, MA?!?. That’s my old hometown. It was a nice, idyllic place to grow up, but after a point, it no longer held anything for me, if one gets the drift. Lincoln, MA. has changed a great deal; there are a lot of quarter, half, and one-million dollar mcmansions that’ve gone up in that town. I do have friends who still live there, but they live in a very, very old house that my friend from high school and her family lived in when she and her siblings were growing up.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand: The Ridgewood Theatre looks like a wonderful theatre. Here’s hoping they don’t destroy the interior and make it into something like a department store or whatever.
I also might add, Peter. K, that our town didn’t have any movie theatre or anything like that to go to. We ended up going to movie theatres in other nearby towns and even downtown Boston to see movies.
I’ve lived here in the Bay State all my life. I grew up in an idyllic suburb about 20 miles due northwest of Boston as a kid, and have lived in various places in and around Boston since the mid-1970’s. I presently reside in an artists' community in Somerville, MA., just outside Boston, and like it a lot.
Believe it or not, I have, on occasion, come to NYC (Manhattan) for screenings, and even a stage production of West Side Story.
The Mastbaum sounds like it was a beautiful theatre, both inside and out. What a shame that it lasted for such a short time.
This looks like a sweet little theatre-love the marquee outside.
Although I don’t reside in the Baltimore area, I, too wish the Senator Theatre and its staff the best in keeping it open.
Hi, caesar. You’re right. That’s too bad about “Dark Knight” getting snubbed. It was a well-done film, and, not only was Heath Ledger wonderful in his role as the Joker, but I loved the nighttime aerial shots of Gotham, which reminded me so much of the beginning aerial shots of NYC’s West Side during the prologue of the film “West Side Story”.
I saw the movie “Milk”, and thought it was good. “Slumdog Millionaire” was a good, well-done film, but rather heartbreaking, and not one that I could sit through again.
Thanks, Peter. K.
I wasn’t able to enter onto the Bushwick buddies website, but, hey, I’m curious about the Ridgewood community in general, because I enjoy reading/hearing about how such communities came into existence,, and what makes them tick, so to speak.
Hmmmm…CT’s mail server going bonkers? Good, interesting point, East Coast Rocker and Peter.K.
I’ve had tons of notices on my email from CT, most of them with nothing new. Problem with CT’s mail server sounds possible. Who knows?
Peter.K—thanks for the info about another poster. Sounds cool.
I hear that, newt, and I wish you the best of luck.
You mean because the company wouldn’t? Okay. I get you. It’s amazing that even in this tanked economy, lots of businesses/companies are still into their own agenda.
Hi, newt:
I realize that it’s far easier said than done. Didn’t mean to sound flip about it.
I, too, think it’s great that some of the indy movie theatres are still functioning, which is partly why I hold an annual membership at a favorite theatre of mine that’s an indy theatre.
Have you ever thought of having two classic films a month instead of only one? Just curious, because, with the way that lots of movies are now, many people are interested in the older classic films.
Hi, Peter. K—
Thanks very much. Was glad to be of some help.
BrooklynJim—you made a good point. Thanks.
Hi again, Peter . K.
You’re welcome. Glad I was able to be some help. Lincoln was fun to grow up in, and Ridgewood, Queens, NY sounds like it was too.
Don’t know what to say, newt wallen, except keep on truckin'. you’ll hopefully strike pay-dirt if you keep adding your two cents. As some people say, if you keep hammering the nail on the head, sooner or later, it’s going to go in.
Also, Peter. K—Here’s something else I might add:
During the heyday of Urban Renewal, back in t he 1950’s and 1960’s, some of Boston’s communities were either completely bulldozed out of existence only to be replaced by not-so-attractive high-rise buildings, resulting in the displacement of hundreds, if not thousands of people, or were ghetto-ized by unscrupulous block-busting tactics. That, too, kindled my interest in communities like Ridgewood and other communities like it.
Which place is that, newt wallen? Just curious.
Hi, Peter. K—
Ridgewood, Queens, and Lincoln, MA, were very, very different places to grow up. Whereas Ridgewood, (Queens), NY, seemed like a very urban area, the southern part Lincoln, MA, where I grew up, was a whole different kind of place—very wooded and idyllic, while the northern part of that town was very much like a typical suburban development—the houses smaller and much closer together. Lincoln was divided by Route 2.
Growing up in Lincoln, MA, I and afew of other kids on my street grew up playing hop-scotch, 10-20, hide-and-seek, “cowboys and indians”, “statue”, kickball, jump-rope and Chinese Jump-rope, particularly on summer days and evenings, too, until we were called in by our parents for dinner.
Often, too, we’d play on somebody’s back or front lawn, and, on snowy winter weekends and during school and holiday vacations, we’d go sledding on the street, or flying-saucering on our lawn, from morning until sunset. ice-skating, too, was a fun thing, though I was rather clumsy at it.
Bicycle riding was great, too, and swimming at a man-made pond near the Lincoln-Weston border was a popular past time, as well.
I first became interested in communities like Ridgewood (though I’d never heard of Ridgewood until I began posting here on CinemaTreasures), back in the mid to late 1970’s, when mandatory school busing took Boston by storm, and, when I began living away from home and coming in contact with all kinds of people, a number of who’d been caught up in Boston’s school busing controversy, and either were Boston public school students at the time, and/or who were parents with kids in the Boston Public School system at that time, or who’d been part of the gentrification movement. It was interesting to meet people who were caught up in that controversy, and I wanted to learn and understand as much as I could about people’s response to the controversey, and what made many of Boston’s communities tick. Doing my own research on this also helped, too. After that, although a full understanding has never been possible for me,
I went to our public schools for most of my years, and to a large suburban public high school.
Oh, and I also might add that I’m glad to hear that attendance at these theatres have increased. Here’s keeping my fingers crossed for the good omen!
Ahhhhh….love this photo of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, which, along with the Brattle, is my favorite movie theatre.
You’re welcome, Peter. K. Thanks for all the info on the Ridgewood community and the Ridgewood Theatre. Communities such as the Ridgewood and other places like it throughout the United States have interested me for a long time. I first became interested in communities like that back in the mid to late 1970’s.
Btw—yes, I did enjoy my visits to NYC for screenings of West Side Story, as well as the one stage play of WSS that I saw there back around Thanksgiving of 1980, at NYC’s Lincoln Center.
You’re a transplanted city guy who moved to the ‘burbs. I did the reverse; I’m a transplanted suburbanite who moved to the city more than 30 years ago and has never wanted to look back since.
Different strokes for different folks. When I read all the postings about Ridgewood, yes, it did convey to me much of the flavor of the Ridgewood community from 50 years ago right up to the present. I enjoyed reading it all, too.
Oh, btw, I did see “2001: A Space Odyssey” when it first came out 41 years ago. Good movie. I’ve seen it at least 2-3 times since, each time forgetting how freaky it is.
Thanks, Peter. K.
Yup—I do like it here a great deal. You and your wife have a friend who lives in Lincoln, MA?!?. That’s my old hometown. It was a nice, idyllic place to grow up, but after a point, it no longer held anything for me, if one gets the drift. Lincoln, MA. has changed a great deal; there are a lot of quarter, half, and one-million dollar mcmansions that’ve gone up in that town. I do have friends who still live there, but they live in a very, very old house that my friend from high school and her family lived in when she and her siblings were growing up.
Anyway, back to the subject at hand: The Ridgewood Theatre looks like a wonderful theatre. Here’s hoping they don’t destroy the interior and make it into something like a department store or whatever.
Thanks, mrbillyc. It’s been interesting to read about how a theatre really was sort of a holding action of a community.
That’s a good question, KingBiscuits. It wouldn’t be surprising, if that was the case.
I also might add, Peter. K, that our town didn’t have any movie theatre or anything like that to go to. We ended up going to movie theatres in other nearby towns and even downtown Boston to see movies.
Hi, Peter. K. Thanks for the compliment.
I’ve lived here in the Bay State all my life. I grew up in an idyllic suburb about 20 miles due northwest of Boston as a kid, and have lived in various places in and around Boston since the mid-1970’s. I presently reside in an artists' community in Somerville, MA., just outside Boston, and like it a lot.
Believe it or not, I have, on occasion, come to NYC (Manhattan) for screenings, and even a stage production of West Side Story.