Comments from philipgoldberg

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philipgoldberg commented about Essex Theatre on Aug 16, 2004 at 2:34 pm

It still stands but now serves as a medical center.

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philipgoldberg commented about Biltmore Theatre on Aug 14, 2004 at 4:00 pm

Yes the Carroll Theater building is still there. Believe it’s a church now.

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philipgoldberg commented about RKO Fordham Theatre on Aug 14, 2004 at 3:52 pm

What is the theater to the left of the Fordham in the 1940s photo?

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philipgoldberg commented about Juliet I & II on Aug 6, 2004 at 8:47 pm

Wow, I always wondered what happened to this theater. Saw Beatty and Nicholson in “The Fortune” there. Thanks

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philipgoldberg commented about Metropolitan Theatre on Jul 19, 2004 at 11:15 am

A sliver-sized apartment building now occupies the site.

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philipgoldberg commented about Parkside Theater on Jul 18, 2004 at 10:41 am

J.F., was the theater demolished or retrofitted?

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philipgoldberg commented about Palladium Times Square on Jul 15, 2004 at 9:57 am

make way for the music, but at least it will remain a theater venue in Times Square. Maybe they’ll keep the screen for special movie events.

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philipgoldberg commented about Radio City Music Hall on Jul 11, 2004 at 3:54 pm

I love that fact that this summer five games of the NY Liberty, a WNBA entry also owned by RCMH’s Cablevision, will be played on the stage of this grand old hall.

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philipgoldberg commented about Trustees Theater on Jul 11, 2004 at 3:52 pm

Was in Savanah recently and saw this theater, as well as the Lucas and the Savanah. Diagionally across Broughton is another old theater, which is now a Sushi restaurant that has retained the old theater’s ceiling. Does anyone know what was the name of this now closed theater?

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philipgoldberg commented about Tribune Theatre on Jul 11, 2004 at 3:42 pm

Warren,

is the building that housed this tehater still standing?

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philipgoldberg commented about Cobble Hill Cinemas on Jul 1, 2004 at 1:16 pm

Sorry Orlanod, this was the Rio Theater before becoming the Cobble Hill. I vividly recall the vertical sign.

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philipgoldberg commented about Claridge Theater on Jun 25, 2004 at 3:29 pm

Why is Brooklyn so cinema starved? Think about it. With the exception of the brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods, the only other theaters in the borough are the Kent, Alpine, Fortway, Kings Plaza, Sheepshead Bay and the Linden Blvd.

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philipgoldberg commented about Flatbush Pavilion on Jun 21, 2004 at 6:06 pm

Got inside this theater today and everything has been removed. All the seats. The projection and the sound equipment. The ticket machine. The screens remained intact and the concession stand—albeit empty—stood akimbo to its usual postion. Oddly the lights in the screening rooms were still on.

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philipgoldberg commented about Major Theatre on Jun 18, 2004 at 11:40 am

This may have been the Canal Cinema in its final days, specializing in Chinese-language films.

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philipgoldberg commented about Normandy Theatre on Jun 16, 2004 at 3:29 pm

Looked inside recently. Looks like some details may be in tact like the molding around the exit doors.

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philipgoldberg commented about Flatbush Pavilion on Jun 16, 2004 at 3:23 pm

The marquee still advertises “Van Helsing” and “Man on Fire” so it must have been a quick decision to shutter it. With its closing Flatbush Avenue which once had nearly 20 theater buildings from end to end, no has only the Kings Plaza Sixplex.

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philipgoldberg commented about Quentin Theatre on Jun 16, 2004 at 3:17 pm

If this building is going to be a batting cage center, nothing was apparent when I drove past yesterday.

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philipgoldberg commented about Traymore Theater on Jun 16, 2004 at 3:16 pm

Was inside the building yesterday, and unless there’s something hidden above all of that drop-ceiling, the theater has long been removed from the building.

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philipgoldberg commented about Flatbush Pavilion on Jun 13, 2004 at 7:00 am

Was at the pavillion park slope with the family yeasterday. While there I spoke with the manager who told me that the Flastbush pavillion closed due to lack of patronage. The theater did okay on weekends but during the week it was a ghost town. It just couldn’t keep up the rent and taxes. So don’t expect the oldest operating movie theater in NYC to come back to life soon, if at all.

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philipgoldberg commented about Flatbush Pavilion on Jun 10, 2004 at 2:36 pm

also, this theater was never a triplex, but a twin that used the third line on the marquee whenever they were playing two films on one screen.

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philipgoldberg commented about Flatbush Pavilion on Jun 10, 2004 at 2:30 pm

I was suprised to hear that this theater closed and that Screen Arts gave up on it after only a few years.

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philipgoldberg commented about Quentin Theatre on May 12, 2004 at 5:14 pm

When I worked for Century years ago there was a photo montage of their Brooklyn theater marquees and the Quentin was one of them. I recall the marquee was small compared to the others displayed.

Orlando, do you know what ever happened to either the Traymore and the Triangle buildings?

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philipgoldberg commented about 116th Street Theatre on May 12, 2004 at 5:10 pm

Storefronts are now to be found on the site of the old COSMO.

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philipgoldberg commented about Cinema Kings Highway on May 12, 2004 at 5:10 pm

Amazing in this day and age that a XXX theater still exists. In Brooklyn no less and a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood!

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philipgoldberg commented about Clinton Theatre on May 12, 2004 at 5:08 pm

What stands there now is a series of low-rent stores. By the size of the space they take up, the theater must have been a decent size. And by what Warren has written, it was.