no the seats were taken out years ago
to establish a lower capacity
+ lower real estate tax
simple simple
it has a weird giant awkward dome of a roof
this was the most surprising thing
that housed ducts and things
i’d known it personally as a double feature
that showed movies like blade + eddie murphy
kids ran around
people smoked and talked
real loose
an excellent 6 bucks well spent
i will post more pictures soon
there are about two hundred
as for homeless
we imagine mexicans
based on certain debris
though certainly junkies
a needle
many beer cans
food containers
an overdose kit
it is wet in large areas but not musty
though the air is terrible
no sign of animals actually
except humans
a mattress
a piece of paper covered evenly in tight hebrew script
a pile of womens' shoes
the proscenium curtain where the screen was is denim
there is a manger’s office with a sign
completely trashed
covered in mattress feathers and chunks of concrete
shoes + clothes, cable box, an old apron on a nail
an old giant hole in the floor
to shut off water pipes
the seats are gone but the raked structure’s there
the steady sounds of drops of water from the ceiling
though it is not raining outside
structural damage that seems deliberate
the projection booth is gutted
its hard to believe this will all come down
simply because no one knows the name of the architect
that’s just stupid
the ceiling is epic and beautiful
like a mosque or cupola
old time grandeur and opulence
when was this?
the 20’s?
beams of sunlight thru holes and broken windows
the elevated subway adjacent
rumbles by and turns the sunlight to a strobe light
it does not feel haunted
as to access
it was simply open
maybe still is
so we went in
no the seats were taken out years ago
to establish a lower capacity
+ lower real estate tax
simple simple
it has a weird giant awkward dome of a roof
this was the most surprising thing
that housed ducts and things
i’d known it personally as a double feature
that showed movies like blade + eddie murphy
kids ran around
people smoked and talked
real loose
an excellent 6 bucks well spent
i will post more pictures soon
there are about two hundred
as for homeless
we imagine mexicans
based on certain debris
though certainly junkies
a needle
many beer cans
food containers
an overdose kit
it is wet in large areas but not musty
though the air is terrible
no sign of animals actually
except humans
a mattress
a piece of paper covered evenly in tight hebrew script
a pile of womens' shoes
the proscenium curtain where the screen was is denim
there is a manger’s office with a sign
completely trashed
covered in mattress feathers and chunks of concrete
shoes + clothes, cable box, an old apron on a nail
an old giant hole in the floor
to shut off water pipes
the seats are gone but the raked structure’s there
the steady sounds of drops of water from the ceiling
though it is not raining outside
structural damage that seems deliberate
the projection booth is gutted
its hard to believe this will all come down
simply because no one knows the name of the architect
that’s just stupid
the ceiling is epic and beautiful
like a mosque or cupola
old time grandeur and opulence
when was this?
the 20’s?
beams of sunlight thru holes and broken windows
the elevated subway adjacent
rumbles by and turns the sunlight to a strobe light
it does not feel haunted
as to access
it was simply open
maybe still is
so we went in
http://flickr.com/photos/19293787@N00/show/
photos from inside commodore theater brooklyn
10/5/06