It is good to read all of your memories of the Glenwood. I loved the Glenwood and am very sad that it is no longer there. It was such an integral part of the entire Kansas City metropolitan area for so long. For about 8 years I have lived in a neighborhood near where the Glenwood stood. Very often I find myself relating to people where I live. I always say, “Do you know where the Glenwood Theatre used to be?” and people ALWAYS know precisely where it was. I have not found one who didn’t know of it.
I have mixed feelings about the Palazo. I don’t understand why Dickinson needs to create what it had in the Glenwood but didn’t retain. I am sick of theatre owners thinking that the public wants all of these multiplexes over large theatres. I LOVED watching a movie along with about 500 other people. An important part of the experience for me was being a part of the crowd, laughing together, crying, and all being spellbound by the art of film TOGETHER. I hate these multiplex 16 and 30 screens. The Glenwood is still the standard by which I compare all others. They had those soft velvety seats in that rich claret color with cup holders. The seats had plenty of leg room and the theatre was graded so that you could easily see over a tall person. There was plenty of space between rows that you could move past a person without putting your behind in their face as you passed. And how about that carpet with the monogrammed G’s, the chandelier, and luxurious bathrooms. In the Glenwood’s dying days people said it failed because the public no longer wanted theatres like that. It failed because that last owners did not keep it up it was a dingy dirty experience in the end.
It is good to read all of your memories of the Glenwood. I loved the Glenwood and am very sad that it is no longer there. It was such an integral part of the entire Kansas City metropolitan area for so long. For about 8 years I have lived in a neighborhood near where the Glenwood stood. Very often I find myself relating to people where I live. I always say, “Do you know where the Glenwood Theatre used to be?” and people ALWAYS know precisely where it was. I have not found one who didn’t know of it.
I have mixed feelings about the Palazo. I don’t understand why Dickinson needs to create what it had in the Glenwood but didn’t retain. I am sick of theatre owners thinking that the public wants all of these multiplexes over large theatres. I LOVED watching a movie along with about 500 other people. An important part of the experience for me was being a part of the crowd, laughing together, crying, and all being spellbound by the art of film TOGETHER. I hate these multiplex 16 and 30 screens. The Glenwood is still the standard by which I compare all others. They had those soft velvety seats in that rich claret color with cup holders. The seats had plenty of leg room and the theatre was graded so that you could easily see over a tall person. There was plenty of space between rows that you could move past a person without putting your behind in their face as you passed. And how about that carpet with the monogrammed G’s, the chandelier, and luxurious bathrooms. In the Glenwood’s dying days people said it failed because the public no longer wanted theatres like that. It failed because that last owners did not keep it up it was a dingy dirty experience in the end.