Comments from woody - Cinema Treasures

woody commented about O2 Academy Brixton on Dec 4, 2007 at 9:25 pm

more photos night views dec 3 2007 at a CSS gig
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2087472060/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2087475938/
lobby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2087481152/
auditorium shot of CSS on stage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2087489330/
while it looks in great condition in these photos the building is actually in a shockingly poor state, delicate plasterwork and marble are treated with no respect and are in battered condition

woody commented about Odeon Camden Town on Dec 4, 2007 at 9:16 pm

photos taken nov 2007

grotty exterior with only part of the signage working
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2087447744/
front doors
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2086657247/
lobby – note fab deco ceiling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2086660487/
stairs to upper lobby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2087443948/

woody commented about Scala Cinema on Nov 23, 2007 at 12:46 pm

similar shot taken around 1990
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woody commented about Radio City Music Hall on Nov 21, 2007 at 4:17 pm

woody commented about Playpen Theatre on Nov 20, 2007 at 5:32 pm

all the interior plasterwork as seen in Warrens photo still exists (existed) but painted black, the coffered ceiling is intact, the lower stalls walls are plain but i think from the photo they were always that way, the floor had been levelled and the balcony partly levelled so video booths could be fitted.
the main floor was a maze of booths all the way down to the stage, like something from the 7th layer of Hell, with crack whores wandering round in their underwear and drug dealers crusing the dark narrow spaces, i didnt venture in very far, i was too worried about my camera being robbed.
as one of the few remaining intact Times Square/42nd St area movie theatres it really should have been saved, or at least the sky scraper built around and over it like the Liberty.

woody commented about Winter Garden Theatre on Nov 16, 2007 at 4:51 pm

photo of the 7th ave side taken nov 2007
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ps – for years i rubbished the idea of “mama mia” thinking it would be awful then i was forced to take my cousin to see it a few weeks ago and had one of the best musical theatre nights out ever, the current london cast is amazing

woody commented about Regal Times Square on Nov 15, 2007 at 2:36 pm

exterior shot nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008619300/
lobby (check out the terrific deco statues-upper part of the box office)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007759615/

woody commented about Embassy 1 Theatre on Nov 15, 2007 at 2:29 pm

auditorium shot nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008576656/

woody commented about Embassy 1,2,3 Theatre on Nov 15, 2007 at 2:27 pm

some exterior shots of the canopy taken nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007785357/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007796849/
detail of exterior ornamental stonework
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007790725/
distance shot of whole building
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007803795/

no building work going on at the time

woody commented about Electric Brixton on Nov 14, 2007 at 5:44 pm

exterior shot from last summer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/245822562/

woody commented about AMC Empire 25 on Nov 14, 2007 at 5:43 pm

recent photos taken nov 2007
restored mural over proscenium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008778492/
exterior daytime
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007752381/
side boxes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008490140/
balcony front detail
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008496556/
stalls side exit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008501508/
exterior nightime
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007827319/

woody commented about Broadway Theatre on Nov 14, 2007 at 2:04 pm

daytime exterior shot taken nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007960099/

woody commented about Playpen Theatre on Nov 14, 2007 at 2:02 pm

photos of the wrapped building being taken down… more civic vandalism
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008707042/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008699642/

woody commented about Joyce Theater on Nov 14, 2007 at 2:00 pm

two more distance shots of the exterior taken nov 2007 daytime and night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008461772/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008693928/

woody commented about Angelika New York on Nov 14, 2007 at 1:57 pm

exterior shot taken nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008450650/

woody commented about IFC Center on Nov 14, 2007 at 1:56 pm

two more shots taken nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008443588/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007639027/

woody commented about Tribeca Cinemas on Nov 14, 2007 at 1:55 pm

exterior shots taken nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007632345/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008455098/

woody commented about Ziegfeld Theatre on Nov 14, 2007 at 1:53 pm

woody commented about KOKO on Oct 30, 2007 at 9:48 am

interior photos i took on sunday 28th oct 2007 at a Bat For Lashes concert
auditorium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1800724801/
proscenium and domed ceiling (and amazing glitter ball)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1801560510/
rear circle ceiling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1801550600/
main lobby
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1800729257/

woody commented about Curzon Mayfair on Oct 22, 2007 at 11:33 am

photos taken sept 2007 at a Q&A for As You Like It with Kenneth Branagh, Brian Blessed and Adrian Lester
exterior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1679322224/
auditorium sc1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1679339006/
wider shot of the auditorium from two photos (badly) joined together
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1679365772/

woody commented about Barbican Cinema 1 on Oct 22, 2007 at 11:30 am

a few pics taken Sept 07 at a Q&A for As You Like It
exterior
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lobby
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auditorium
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woody commented about MGM Oxford Street on Oct 22, 2007 at 11:27 am

really bad fuzzy photo taken early 80’s of the great cinema marquee at night
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1678394035/

woody commented about Metropole Cinema on Oct 15, 2007 at 2:31 pm

seen here in 2000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/70182097/

woody commented about Windmill Soho on Oct 8, 2007 at 3:03 pm

recent shot of the windmill forms the background to one of my new pieces of work for a gallery show that opens in december.
The Windmill is still one of the “old school sleazey” neon gems of Soho that are rapidly dissappearing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1508443449/

woody commented about Mayfair Cinema on Sep 19, 2007 at 10:27 am

exterior photos taken last weekend. Behind the new glazed frontage you can still see the original windows and columns
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1403981154/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1403979410/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1403090745/