Hi, Justin! Glad to see you here. Since my memory is fuzzy, can you tell us exactly what now occupies the site of the Kenmore Square Cinema? I think it’s the BU Barnes & Noble, but I’m not 100% certain.
(And for that matter, what’s now at the former site of the Park Square Cinema?)
The neighborhood meeting on the proposed demolition of the Seville will be held Thursday, March 27 (not March 19 as previously reported) at 6:30 pm at the Harborside Community Center, 312 Border Street (Umana-Barnes Middle School).
The owner of the Seville Theater, closed for at least 30 years, proposes to demolish it and replace it with a 65-unit apartment building. The project would also include 15,000 square feet of retail space.
Here’s a Boston Globe article about the proposal. A neighborhood meeting will be held on March 19, and the Boston Landmarks Commission may also hold a public hearing on the theatre’s architectural or historical significance.
Also, no offense intended to CinemaTour, but they have a lot of incomplete or inaccurate information. I wish we could combine their photos with our text.
I don’t post as much about Boston anymore, because most of what needs to be posted is already there. A lot of that is because of the good work done by you you (Ron Salters) and Gerald DeLuca.
This one ? Closed, if the page is accurate.
Beer and wine sales has been good for the Somerville Theatre in Somerville, Mass., especially when there are live shows.
That leaves only the Drexel in Bexley to serve the entire east side of Columbus. Why can’t anyone successfully run a movie theatre in that area?
Hi, Justin! Glad to see you here. Since my memory is fuzzy, can you tell us exactly what now occupies the site of the Kenmore Square Cinema? I think it’s the BU Barnes & Noble, but I’m not 100% certain.
(And for that matter, what’s now at the former site of the Park Square Cinema?)
Boston Ballet has signed a 30-year lease with the Opera House, starting in 2009. This is very bad news for the Wang Theatre, which has been the ballet’s home since 1974.
The Wang has a tough year ahead. It has just lost two major tenants. Boston Ballet has moved to the Opera House for the next 30 years, and the Celebrity Series has not scheduled any events there for 2008-2009. That means no Alvin Ailey at the Wang next year.
What will the Wang do to fill all of these open dates?
Here are some recent construction photos.
It would be fun to get together when you make this trip. If you haven’t been to Boston since 1966, you’ll see that a lot has changed!
You’ll see a great restored facade on Washington Street, and a construction site behind it on Mason Street. Worth the short walk from the Wang.
Which leaves no movie theatres in the entire eastern section of Columbus, other than the Drexel in Bexley. Wow.
By ‘reverse’, do you mean rear-projection?
MIT has shown 35mm film for many years. Harvard Film Archive also shows exclusively film, to my knowledge.
Is it possible that the theatre ads and listings are different for copies of the NYTimes that are sold in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Long Island?
This will result in Regal losing audience share to competitors who still advertise.
The neighborhood meeting on the proposed demolition of the Seville will be held Thursday, March 27 (not March 19 as previously reported) at 6:30 pm at the Harborside Community Center, 312 Border Street (Umana-Barnes Middle School).
I trust Ian, who says that he saw it open as late as 1993. We’d have to look at old Boston Globe movie ads to be sure.
You’ll need to add it.
An East Boston blog called “The Hubster” has some discussion of the Seville’s possible demolition:
Death for the Seville?
Seville plan in the news
CinemaTour has two photos of this theatre, from April 2003: One and Two
The owner of the Seville Theater, closed for at least 30 years, proposes to demolish it and replace it with a 65-unit apartment building. The project would also include 15,000 square feet of retail space.
Here’s a Boston Globe article about the proposal. A neighborhood meeting will be held on March 19, and the Boston Landmarks Commission may also hold a public hearing on the theatre’s architectural or historical significance.
Any name that ever appeared on the theatre itself, or in advertising, should be added.
Still under construction.
AMC and Landmark usually program different kinds of films, with little overlap. Landmark’s typical bookings are similar to Drexel’s.
Also, no offense intended to CinemaTour, but they have a lot of incomplete or inaccurate information. I wish we could combine their photos with our text.
This newspaper article is not in the daily Columbus Dispatch, but rather the weekly Columbus Alive.
I don’t post as much about Boston anymore, because most of what needs to be posted is already there. A lot of that is because of the good work done by you you (Ron Salters) and Gerald DeLuca.