Thanks John – wow- “Pinky”, quite a movie for its time
also noticed the Rangers/Bruins hockey game for 70 cents!!!
I think the cheapest seat now is $28!!!
I’d love to get inside sometime – I imagine its been divided a few times, but I would be curious to see if anything survives of the movie setup. If that church is still in there perhaps I’ll tryto get in on a Sunday morning!
I re-call it being rather small, hard to beleive it once had 600 seats – perhaps some areas were closed; don’t re-call folding chairs but suppose its possible.
I do remember “Boys in the Band” playing there and some of my more conservative Stuyvesant Town neighbors not too happy about it!
I was talking to some folks who work in a restaurant right across the street from the building last month and they never see anyone coming in or out, so who knows what it looks like today.
I don’t re-call its name but that must be it. I started living in StuyTown around 1970 and I always re-call the place as being porno. It was a pretty sleazy block for years – its picked up quite a bit in recent years and I’m surprised the Millstein group hasn’t developed or sold the Jefferson site.
Yep- there was a porno theatre there; it was knocked down at some point and there are now apartments; I assume it was once a legit place, probably had a name. And yes you are right – the SRO is gone, think it was called the Sahara.
I re-call seeing “Claire’s Knee”, “2001”, and perhaps “Satyricon” there circa 1970. I can’t rememberwhen it actually closed but must have been shortly afterwards, perhaps 1972-73
Property is owned by the Millstein family – real estate developers.
Place is an eyesore – surprised given the recent re-birth of Union Square and the NYU dorms nearby.
I vaguely recall another smaller theatre on the north side of 14th street, closer to 2nd avenue – anybody have any ideas?
Thanks John – wow- “Pinky”, quite a movie for its time
also noticed the Rangers/Bruins hockey game for 70 cents!!!
I think the cheapest seat now is $28!!!
I’d love to get inside sometime – I imagine its been divided a few times, but I would be curious to see if anything survives of the movie setup. If that church is still in there perhaps I’ll tryto get in on a Sunday morning!
I re-call it being rather small, hard to beleive it once had 600 seats – perhaps some areas were closed; don’t re-call folding chairs but suppose its possible.
I do remember “Boys in the Band” playing there and some of my more conservative Stuyvesant Town neighbors not too happy about it!
I was talking to some folks who work in a restaurant right across the street from the building last month and they never see anyone coming in or out, so who knows what it looks like today.
Hey thanks! There it is, the Charles still open in 1972.
Amazing MGM released something like this.
I don’t re-call its name but that must be it. I started living in StuyTown around 1970 and I always re-call the place as being porno. It was a pretty sleazy block for years – its picked up quite a bit in recent years and I’m surprised the Millstein group hasn’t developed or sold the Jefferson site.
Yep- there was a porno theatre there; it was knocked down at some point and there are now apartments; I assume it was once a legit place, probably had a name. And yes you are right – the SRO is gone, think it was called the Sahara.
I re-call seeing “Claire’s Knee”, “2001”, and perhaps “Satyricon” there circa 1970. I can’t rememberwhen it actually closed but must have been shortly afterwards, perhaps 1972-73
Property is owned by the Millstein family – real estate developers.
Place is an eyesore – surprised given the recent re-birth of Union Square and the NYU dorms nearby.
I vaguely recall another smaller theatre on the north side of 14th street, closer to 2nd avenue – anybody have any ideas?