Despite the new facade added to the shopping center the top of the theater is visible from a distance. When you go around the back it’s very obvious since the theater was longer than the other stores are deep.
Didn’t find any listing in the newspaper show times or on Fandango so drove by. It’s open as the Islip Cinemas. They don’t have a webpage but are on Facebook. Contrary to originally published reports prices are not super cheap. 2D is $7.50; 3D is $10.50.
Lobby is gray with a white tray ceiling.
Good. Have to give it a try. Now all we need is for the grand opening of the Westbury, the Sandy ravaged Long Beach and the Glen Cove negotiations and all will be back online.
Again the subject of a recent HGTV episode of “You Live in What?” Current owner uses it as a home, office and showroom for his clothing and furniture lines. He said it was built in 1926. Interior is now on three levels. The inclined main floor is now level. He retained three of the outer walls and removed the third installing the new one further under the roof with a row of windows overlookeing a courtyard.
Only about a half of the 19 could remotely be considered having been palaces. Strangely, none of the examples shown are now supermarkets. Be interested to know the breakdown of former theaters as churches, Modell’s, super drug stores, supermarkets, etc.
If they specifically mentioned Edwards and several movies these would probably have been used as advertising in the various local stores rather than as something in the lobby where there was usually a poster from the motion picture distributor. That was quite the common practice for the Prudential Circuit here on Long Island. They probably also have the word or a phrase using Prudential. They would be a welcome addition to this site. Rather than posting them on the thread where you’d need a link to a photo account, just put them in the photo section of the heading. There are instructions on CT if you go to About from the home page.
In the day themes were all the rage. In the era of multiplexes it’s a series of boxes for about 20 years until they tear them down. It’s all part of the leasing rather than building ones own.
Century had obviously unloaded a number of theatres because when it reopened the Bellerose sometime in the late 30s or early 40s that was the 37th. Go to the Bellerose site for particulars.
More strike outs. Contacted the Town of Smithtown Building Department. They only started issuing Certificates of Occupancy in 1946. For this property it was only for subsequent modifications after the theater closed. Contacted the Assessors Office. Their records also begin in 1946. Only new information: the building was 35 x 90 (tiny, particularly for a Calderone property). On the current Tax Map as Section 56; Block 2, Lot 8.
So they said. But the shopping center has been in foreclosure. To do all they want to do is going to take more than a month. You may recall that the original projected opening date was Fall 2012 The Westbury was supposed to be open in March 2012. Still no word. The Suffolk, when it opened last month, was many months late. Islip is supposed to be open by the end of April. Doubt it. There are major problems with that building. The new management said they were going to put $400,000 into it. An informed source told me it would take closer to a million. An earlier newspaper article indicated that the remediation of the real problem would cost more than the value of the building.
And Long Beach in general is still a mess.
This was built as a replacement for the Town Square Triple which had been acquired as part of the Martin Theaters purchase.
Warren Harris is no longer active on this site. He took the links with him when he left.
Despite the new facade added to the shopping center the top of the theater is visible from a distance. When you go around the back it’s very obvious since the theater was longer than the other stores are deep.
Didn’t find any listing in the newspaper show times or on Fandango so drove by. It’s open as the Islip Cinemas. They don’t have a webpage but are on Facebook. Contrary to originally published reports prices are not super cheap. 2D is $7.50; 3D is $10.50. Lobby is gray with a white tray ceiling.
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Good. Have to give it a try. Now all we need is for the grand opening of the Westbury, the Sandy ravaged Long Beach and the Glen Cove negotiations and all will be back online.
Now for $5.00 you can’t get any ONE of the above.
Ken, Annex to what?
Again the subject of a recent HGTV episode of “You Live in What?” Current owner uses it as a home, office and showroom for his clothing and furniture lines. He said it was built in 1926. Interior is now on three levels. The inclined main floor is now level. He retained three of the outer walls and removed the third installing the new one further under the roof with a row of windows overlookeing a courtyard.
Only about a half of the 19 could remotely be considered having been palaces. Strangely, none of the examples shown are now supermarkets. Be interested to know the breakdown of former theaters as churches, Modell’s, super drug stores, supermarkets, etc.
Can you get the photos on this site. Flickr accounts tend to be unavailable in time.
See my April 7th comment. The last of it bit the dust that day. Now the phoenix (Lowes) is rising from the ashes.
Prostitutes on the east side near the big Post Office. All the way down 8th Av. to Penn Station. Madison Square Park was a good place for drugs.
If they specifically mentioned Edwards and several movies these would probably have been used as advertising in the various local stores rather than as something in the lobby where there was usually a poster from the motion picture distributor. That was quite the common practice for the Prudential Circuit here on Long Island. They probably also have the word or a phrase using Prudential. They would be a welcome addition to this site. Rather than posting them on the thread where you’d need a link to a photo account, just put them in the photo section of the heading. There are instructions on CT if you go to About from the home page.
I would think just knowing the year each of the films was released would suffice. Will you be sharing these with us?
In the day themes were all the rage. In the era of multiplexes it’s a series of boxes for about 20 years until they tear them down. It’s all part of the leasing rather than building ones own.
Century had obviously unloaded a number of theatres because when it reopened the Bellerose sometime in the late 30s or early 40s that was the 37th. Go to the Bellerose site for particulars.
If you think the theater is wild check out the web page.
Isn’t Falaise in the area? Perhaps they’re trying to pay homage to that.
And what have been your responses?
I’m amazed at the ongoing facilities problems at this site.
Laura, you wouldn’t happen to have pix to share with us.
Looks like a catering hall.
More strike outs. Contacted the Town of Smithtown Building Department. They only started issuing Certificates of Occupancy in 1946. For this property it was only for subsequent modifications after the theater closed. Contacted the Assessors Office. Their records also begin in 1946. Only new information: the building was 35 x 90 (tiny, particularly for a Calderone property). On the current Tax Map as Section 56; Block 2, Lot 8.
So they said. But the shopping center has been in foreclosure. To do all they want to do is going to take more than a month. You may recall that the original projected opening date was Fall 2012 The Westbury was supposed to be open in March 2012. Still no word. The Suffolk, when it opened last month, was many months late. Islip is supposed to be open by the end of April. Doubt it. There are major problems with that building. The new management said they were going to put $400,000 into it. An informed source told me it would take closer to a million. An earlier newspaper article indicated that the remediation of the real problem would cost more than the value of the building. And Long Beach in general is still a mess.