The Paris had been owned by Pathe Cinema of France. In 88 or 89 the landlord decided not to renew their lease, and Pathe left with their Paris name intending to re-open at another location. The landlord made a deal with Loews to run the theatre Under the name Fine Arts, but that didn’t last long, and now the landlord runs it himself. Meanwhile, Pathe fell on hard times in Europe and scrapped their plans for a new location in New York. Then the Paris name went back on the theatre.
In 1980 the Commodore/Village/Fillmore East was converted into The Saint, a large discotheque. A dance floor was placed in the middle of the auditorium with a planetarium dome over it. The original theatre had been in a semi-Adamesque style and certain elements had been retained like the proscenium arch, the ceiling dome and plaster reliefs on the side walls. The lobby was left pretty much in tact, but painted black with the relief elements silver-leafed. The disco closed in 86 or 87, sat vacant for years until the auditorium was demolished for yet another unremarkable apartment building.
The Paris had been owned by Pathe Cinema of France. In 88 or 89 the landlord decided not to renew their lease, and Pathe left with their Paris name intending to re-open at another location. The landlord made a deal with Loews to run the theatre Under the name Fine Arts, but that didn’t last long, and now the landlord runs it himself. Meanwhile, Pathe fell on hard times in Europe and scrapped their plans for a new location in New York. Then the Paris name went back on the theatre.
The Elmwood is now closed.
In 1980 the Commodore/Village/Fillmore East was converted into The Saint, a large discotheque. A dance floor was placed in the middle of the auditorium with a planetarium dome over it. The original theatre had been in a semi-Adamesque style and certain elements had been retained like the proscenium arch, the ceiling dome and plaster reliefs on the side walls. The lobby was left pretty much in tact, but painted black with the relief elements silver-leafed. The disco closed in 86 or 87, sat vacant for years until the auditorium was demolished for yet another unremarkable apartment building.