I saw a film here last night in the screening room. It features 14 very comfortable seats. I hadn’t been to this theater in 40 years — glad it is still here.
It was in the newspaper today that the theater will be demolished and replaced with a six story luxury apartment building with ground floor retail. Here is the newspaper link:
I accidentally found this theater during a recent trip to Washington. I was so glad to see that it still existed. Single screen theaters are so rare these days. It looks to be relatively well cared for and in good shape. I love the fact that the newspaper advertisements refer to this as “AMC Uptown 1” as if every theater has to have a number like 10 or 14 or 16 these days!
Bow-Tie took this theater over fro Clearview in 2013. They plan to not renew their lease at the end of 2014 (Bow Tie has already done this to the Mamaroneck Playhouse in Mamaroneck, NY and the American Theater in the Bronx). There is a grassroots effort to make this a non-profit theater, rather than retail space, which is the most likely reuse. This is the link to the group that is spearheading the drive to make this a non-profit:
I only remember being in this theater once. My grandparents took me there to see Oliver. I specifically remember a coin-operated popcorn machine in the theater — put in 25 cents and get a tall, narrow cup of popcorn. I have never seen that in any other theater.
We just experienced the new seats — totally amazing! Each seat is a huge leather seat that fully reclines with an electric motor. The seating capacity of each theater has been reduced probably in half but it seems like a totally luxury theater now.
I was a college student in Binghamton from 1981 to 1985 and saw many films at Oakdale. But my strongest memory from Oakdale was seeing a matinee of John Sayle’s Eight Men Out in the late 1980’s and being the only person in the theater. I just hope the other 2 screens had some customers at the time!
According to the local newspaper, the screen was demolished yesterday. A five story office building will go going up on the site.
I drove by today, the theater is half demolished and will be totally gone in a few days. A ShopRite supermarket will be built on the site.
Unfortunately, the roof collapsed on August 26, 2020.
https://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2020/08/vista-theater-roof-collapses-no-injuries-reported-roof-drainage-failure-thought-to-be-cause/
Just watched Goodbye, Columbus (a 1969 film on Amazon Prime), there is a scene outside this theater.
This was the only theater ever where I was asked for proof of age to see an R-rated film. Blue Lagoon, 1980.
Unfortunately, it appears that demolition is now underway.
https://www.boweryboogie.com/2019/04/demolition-of-sunshine-cinema-is-underway/
Great news online today! It looks like the theater will be renovated and reopen!
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2018/02/09/mamaroneck-playhouse-movie-theater-reopening/319399002/
Great news today about a developer who is purchasing the theater and plans to reopen it:
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2017/09/08/larchmont-playhouse-bought/645909001/
This was seen in today’s New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/nyregion/nitehawk-cinema-park-slope-brooklyn-pavilion.html
I saw a film here last night in the screening room. It features 14 very comfortable seats. I hadn’t been to this theater in 40 years — glad it is still here.
The Kimball Theater was totally demolished with the past week.
Here is a link from the local newspaper:
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2016/12/13/kimball-theatre-razed/95374098/
It looks like it might be the end for the last remains of the Kimball Theater. This is a link to an article in The Journal News:
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2016/07/07/kimball-theatre-yonkers-demolition/86515276/
This is the link to a newspaper article about the closing of the theater. Says that the last day of operation isn January 18th, 2016.
http://www.lohud.com/story/money/business/2016/01/08/multiplex-close-after-mlk-day-workers/78514090/
It was in the newspaper today that the theater will be demolished and replaced with a six story luxury apartment building with ground floor retail. Here is the newspaper link:
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/harrison/2015/11/06/harrison-development-sets-trend/75303260/
I accidentally found this theater during a recent trip to Washington. I was so glad to see that it still existed. Single screen theaters are so rare these days. It looks to be relatively well cared for and in good shape. I love the fact that the newspaper advertisements refer to this as “AMC Uptown 1” as if every theater has to have a number like 10 or 14 or 16 these days!
Great article in the New York Times about the Kings:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/realestate/commercial/kings-theater-in-flatbush-set-to-reopen-and-lift-a-neighborhood.html
Bow-Tie took this theater over fro Clearview in 2013. They plan to not renew their lease at the end of 2014 (Bow Tie has already done this to the Mamaroneck Playhouse in Mamaroneck, NY and the American Theater in the Bronx). There is a grassroots effort to make this a non-profit theater, rather than retail space, which is the most likely reuse. This is the link to the group that is spearheading the drive to make this a non-profit:
http://www.friendsofbedfordplayhouse.org
I only remember being in this theater once. My grandparents took me there to see Oliver. I specifically remember a coin-operated popcorn machine in the theater — put in 25 cents and get a tall, narrow cup of popcorn. I have never seen that in any other theater.
We just experienced the new seats — totally amazing! Each seat is a huge leather seat that fully reclines with an electric motor. The seating capacity of each theater has been reduced probably in half but it seems like a totally luxury theater now.
This was great! I was so happy to see this in the Times in Sunday!
On a first glance this looks beautiful! I’m looking forward to playing around with the site over the next few days.
Can’t wait to see the new version!
I saw a great double feature of Revenge of the Nerds and Porky’s Revenge here in 1985 — a perfect couple of drive-in flicks!
I was a college student in Binghamton from 1981 to 1985 and saw many films at Oakdale. But my strongest memory from Oakdale was seeing a matinee of John Sayle’s Eight Men Out in the late 1980’s and being the only person in the theater. I just hope the other 2 screens had some customers at the time!
Use this link to see some current photos of the Cameo:
share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AcMnLNo3Zt21q
If the link isn’t “clickable” you will need to copy and paste it to see the photos.