When the Poli (for a brief time in the 1960s called the Poli Palace) was turned into Showcase, I think it had three screens before it was quadded. The balcony, the main auditorium, and the balcony foyer. That foyer had been a wonderful space of white pillars and mirrors, giving a great feeling of space in an otherwise cramped entrance area.
The Park was one of the few non-downtown cinemas in Worcester. It was badly flooded in the early 1950s, and the flood control drain now runs past the edge of the parking lot. Somewhere on the building there was a marker showing the height of the flood water. Cinema 1 was Worcester’s first “modern” theater. It opened with Lawrence of Arabia. I think it was renovated and operated by Redstone. There used to be a Park Theater on Front Street, near City Hall, about where Woolworth’s was. I don’t know if was related to the Park at Webseter Square.
When the Poli (for a brief time in the 1960s called the Poli Palace) was turned into Showcase, I think it had three screens before it was quadded. The balcony, the main auditorium, and the balcony foyer. That foyer had been a wonderful space of white pillars and mirrors, giving a great feeling of space in an otherwise cramped entrance area.
The Park was one of the few non-downtown cinemas in Worcester. It was badly flooded in the early 1950s, and the flood control drain now runs past the edge of the parking lot. Somewhere on the building there was a marker showing the height of the flood water. Cinema 1 was Worcester’s first “modern” theater. It opened with Lawrence of Arabia. I think it was renovated and operated by Redstone. There used to be a Park Theater on Front Street, near City Hall, about where Woolworth’s was. I don’t know if was related to the Park at Webseter Square.