Squire Cinema

211 Quassaick Avenue,
New Windsor, NY 12553

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ruffian31
ruffian31 on December 19, 2014 at 10:42 pm

We used to go to o'mara’s after going to squire theater. Does anyone remember the restaurant/bar next to o'mara’s?

MovieMan____1952
MovieMan____1952 on June 23, 2014 at 4:47 pm

As manager I opened this theatre in February 1966. We opened with “Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machine.” A Bi-Plane was placed on the roof of the lobby, unfortunately the next day was a heavy snow storm which bent the wings down to roof level. We (Spyro Lenas) then opened the Mid-Valley Cinema across town in the (open) mall. Both theatres had 800 seats. The Mid-Valley was the more successful of the two. We also operated the Brookside Drive-In Theatre in Newburg and the Plaza Theatre in Poughkeepsie, NY.In the summer we played “day-and-date” indoor and drive-in.

All of the theatres were sold to Cinecom in 1969.

Ken Lehman…1st manager.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 12, 2013 at 12:30 pm

This is in New Windsor.

ronnie21
ronnie21 on January 24, 2013 at 4:23 pm

wow, intresting.. i wonder if the seats and screens are still in there??

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 2, 2012 at 5:06 pm

There are additional pictures of this closed theatre on its page at CinemaTour.

Roger Katz
Roger Katz on July 13, 2012 at 8:58 pm

I went by it today to take photos and it seems this one has been sitting there vacant for 25 years now!

Marcel
Marcel on April 15, 2007 at 2:08 pm

The Squire Cinema was located in a small shopping center in New Windsor-just outside of Newburgh. It had a great marque out front and a very large auditorium. It opened in 1965 and twined in 1979, closed in 1986 when a multiplex opened in Newburgh near the mall on Union Avenue.