Now that the Lowe’s Home Improvement store is under construction at the far end of the empty Tenplex parking lot, is there any update on the fate of the Tenplex itself? While exploring the site yesterday, I was depressed to realize that demolishing the empty Tenplex would improve the visibility of the Lowe’s to shoppers driving by on Route 4.
I am reasonably certain it was the original STAR WARS. I was once talking with an older security guard in the Tenplex who told me that it opened there on May 25, 1977 and was still playing in December.
Today I noticed that Vornado Realty Trust has slapped two “AVAILABLE” signs on the exterior of the building. So…they aren’t going to tear it down after all? Or turn it into a fitness center (as someone posted above)? Hey, maybe somebody on this board would like to lease it and reopen it as a theater! ;–) Vornado’s number is 1-800-242-4119….
The theater has been converted into a Van Heusen/G.H. Bass & Co. clothing and shoe store. I was there last night. The store seemed surprisingly small to me, given the size of the space they had to work with.
For those above who mentioned the Muvico theaters at Xanadu, please note that this multiplex has now been downgraded from 26 screens to 18 screens (one of which is outdoors). See the 6th paragraph of this link for more information:
Now that the Lowe’s Home Improvement store is under construction at the far end of the empty Tenplex parking lot, is there any update on the fate of the Tenplex itself? While exploring the site yesterday, I was depressed to realize that demolishing the empty Tenplex would improve the visibility of the Lowe’s to shoppers driving by on Route 4.
I am reasonably certain it was the original STAR WARS. I was once talking with an older security guard in the Tenplex who told me that it opened there on May 25, 1977 and was still playing in December.
Ugh…now there’s graffiti all over the blank marquee of this rapidly decaying structure… You stay classy, Paramus!
Today I noticed that Vornado Realty Trust has slapped two “AVAILABLE” signs on the exterior of the building. So…they aren’t going to tear it down after all? Or turn it into a fitness center (as someone posted above)? Hey, maybe somebody on this board would like to lease it and reopen it as a theater! ;–) Vornado’s number is 1-800-242-4119….
The theater has been converted into a Van Heusen/G.H. Bass & Co. clothing and shoe store. I was there last night. The store seemed surprisingly small to me, given the size of the space they had to work with.
For those above who mentioned the Muvico theaters at Xanadu, please note that this multiplex has now been downgraded from 26 screens to 18 screens (one of which is outdoors). See the 6th paragraph of this link for more information:
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The Tenplex’s last day of operation is May 24th.