I walked by a couple days ago and noticed the classic box office on the sidewalk seems to be a tourist information kiosk during the day, then reverts to being the Playhouse box office when there is a show, so perhaps “Information Kiosk” could be added to the functions list.
Willburg145, to add a clickable URL in your comments, put brackets [ ] around the words you want to become a hyperlink, then immediately following that on the same line without leaving a space put parenthesis () around the URL you want the words to link to.
When you post the comment the brackets, parenthesis and website address will not physically appear and the words that were in the brackets will be highlighted in blue and clicking on them will open the web address you had put in parenthesis.
Miami Herald op-ed on December 7, 2018 by Kareem Tabsch, Co-director of O Cinema, about the fate of this location, changes to the Wynwood neighborhood, the relationship of the arts to quality of life, and the importance of property ownership to the continuation of arts organizations:
He says the Knight Foundation has pledged to “help O Cinema create South Florida’s first independent film center by supporting the cinema’s purchase and renovation of a permanent home…”
I enjoyed hearing that other people also feel that “Wynwood is over” with the coming departure of O Cinema, like I alluded to in my previous comment. :)
There are more exterior/interior images of the cinema for this address on Google Street View.
This may have been the first time I have visited a storefront cinema. Older Street View images show it had been a Kodak camera supply store perhaps for a long time since it had an old style sign, and for a short time was I Am An Artist where you create your own art.
Apparently it’s now called Four Brothers Drive-in.
Website is playeatdrink.com
Here’s a video from October 22nd, 2018 including an interview with the owners, the experience of visiting their drive-in, and thoughts about people desiring an old-fashioned communal feeling:
On October 18th, 2018 I attended the Lighting Ceremony for the Seminole’s new marquee, (it had never had a marquee before), followed by a free screening of “Singin' in the Rain”, which to me nicely felt a bit like going to the movies in a small town years ago.
remkoolhaas, are the remnants you are referring to that of the Biscayne Park Theater in North Miami? Click here for the CT page I created for it. Where can I see your photos?
The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, a combination art gallery, performance space, educational center, gift shop and tourist information kiosk that is currently housed in the former Lake Theatre is visited starting at 11:50 in this Lake Worth episode of the PBS tv program “On the Town in the Palm Beaches” on Youtube:
Nice contemporary exterior shots at 12:30 and 13:00, but also a historic depiction back at 2:41 and 4:03 even though that part of the program is discussing the Lake Worth Playhouse.
The Lake Worth Playhouse is discussed and visited starting at 2:19 in this Lake Worth episode of the PBS tv program “On the Town in the Palm Beaches” on Youtube, (although the exterior shots at 2:41 and 4:03 are actually of the Lake Theatre):
When I’ve been to Lake Worth for the Street Painting Festival I’ve enjoyed what to me is the mellow vibe of the local Guatemalan-Mayan immigrants I’ve sat amongst while eating at the little Panda Garden Chinese restaurant they seem to enjoy frequenting in the shopping center where the Towne apparently had been, but I can’t tell exactly where the cinema was located.
Perhaps it was where the El Bodegon Hispanic-themed supermarket is now?
Sporridge, in response to your question from June 25th, 2011 regarding newspaper references to the Capri, I found this Palm Beach Post article from May 7th, 2014 saying the Lake Worth Playhouse had been the Capri Art Theatre, then in 1968 became the Playtoy!:
(When I was a kid I remember some regular movie theaters having an “X” on their marquees, but this is the first I’ve heard of one changing its name to make its adult nature more obvious.)
The article, that begins with an exterior photo and ends with a list of some titles that screened there, says the Playtoy became embroiled in an anti-indecency court case over the film “Deep Throat” that closed the cinema in the early 1970‘s, before it was purchased by the Lake Worth Playhouse nonprofit group that converted it into a venue for live theater.
A visitor to the area today would perceive no indication of the Playhouse’s former less respectable identity.
By the way, a good reason to visit Lake Worth is the Street Painting Festival that takes place annually in late February on Lake Worth’s downtown streets including in front of the Playhouse.
This theater is no longer an O Cinema location but is still the Miami Theater Center, focusing on theatrical performances for children and their families, and sometimes screening programs of family orientated films, meaning it is still technically an open movie theater.
I asked an employee at the original O Cinema in Wynwood who confirmed this, saying the change occurred about a year ago.
Wow, the Silverspot was built on the spot where the remains of a Tequesta village were discovered and studied by archaeologists before the cinema’s construction!
Check out the 12 minute documentary film “The First Miamians” presented by local PBS station WLRN on Youtube:
Starting at
9:39 the film mentions the future of the site and the then coming building that now houses the Silverspot. (At the end don’t miss the cool use of glow sticks to illuminate the outlines of where some huts had stood that are then photographed via drone!)
From the sidewalk I once peeked in on the archaeologists working as I walked around the fenced perimeter of the property and I used to gaze down onto their work from overhead while riding past on the Metromover.
The site also inspired the book “Before the Pioneers“ by Andrew K. Frank that describes the history of the north bank of the Miami River from the earliest geologic times through the Tequesta’s habitation and up until the founding of Miami.
Along the wall of the dining area inside the Whole Foods across the street is a mural depicting Tequesta in tribute to them. (I remember years ago when that property was being developed I had heard Regal Cinemas might open a multiplex there next to the Whole Foods, then that never happened.)
When I walked by the Silverspot on September 12, 2018 I stood on the sidewalk and could peer down into the circle (not made publicly presentable yet so you currently can‘t see the postholes where a Tequesta hut had been) in the so far unoccupied southwest corner of the building. The other circle the developers promised to preserve as described in “The First Miamians” is hopefully inside the northeast corner.
Perhaps the documentary should be shown before each movie screened at the Silverspot! : )
There are descriptions of the renovation project’s progress from the county’s point of view on the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Coconut Grove Playhouse Project webpage.
For me O Cinema was almost the only reason to visit the Wynwood neighborhood because I am not a hipster.
There are hints that the O Cinema folks will open something new somewhere but no announcement yet. (Meanwhile the Miami Beach branch continues.)
Btw, I thought there was a different Cinema Treasures page for O Cinema Wynwood a few years ago with a few minor comments and some different photos, but that one seems to be gone and replaced by this one, or I might be misremembering?
Based on your helpful March 1st, 2017 comment I found the Pasta Attic Cinema listing I was looking for on microfilm in the Miami Main Library yesterday using one of their new machines hooked up to desktop computers and made a photocopy. I found it in the first newspaper I tried, the October 13th, 1997 Miami Herald. Thanks.
I walked by a couple days ago and noticed the classic box office on the sidewalk seems to be a tourist information kiosk during the day, then reverts to being the Playhouse box office when there is a show, so perhaps “Information Kiosk” could be added to the functions list.
I like the photo in the photos section, though for some reason it no longer appears above on this overview page.
Willburg145, to add a clickable URL in your comments, put brackets [ ] around the words you want to become a hyperlink, then immediately following that on the same line without leaving a space put parenthesis () around the URL you want the words to link to.
When you post the comment the brackets, parenthesis and website address will not physically appear and the words that were in the brackets will be highlighted in blue and clicking on them will open the web address you had put in parenthesis.
Miami Herald op-ed on December 7, 2018 by Kareem Tabsch, Co-director of O Cinema, about the fate of this location, changes to the Wynwood neighborhood, the relationship of the arts to quality of life, and the importance of property ownership to the continuation of arts organizations:
“O Cinema Latest to Exit Wynwood, Prove Miami Must Prioritize Space for the Arts”
He says the Knight Foundation has pledged to “help O Cinema create South Florida’s first independent film center by supporting the cinema’s purchase and renovation of a permanent home…”
I enjoyed hearing that other people also feel that “Wynwood is over” with the coming departure of O Cinema, like I alluded to in my previous comment. :)
There are more exterior/interior images of the cinema for this address on Google Street View.
This may have been the first time I have visited a storefront cinema. Older Street View images show it had been a Kodak camera supply store perhaps for a long time since it had an old style sign, and for a short time was I Am An Artist where you create your own art.
I finally got to visit on November 9th, 2018 for the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival film “A Polar Year” set in Greenland.
Four poster box style video screens in the front windows display images of posters of current and coming attractions like a slide show.
I appreciated the way the seats are tiered such that you can completely see over the head of the person sitting in front of you.
Click here for the theater’s Yelp page for more description and exterior/interior photos.
I caught a glimpse of the Mars on October 28th, 2018 while riding past aboard the Tennessee Valley Railroad’s Summerville Steam Special excursion train.
Apparently it’s now called Four Brothers Drive-in.
Website is playeatdrink.com
Here’s a video from October 22nd, 2018 including an interview with the owners, the experience of visiting their drive-in, and thoughts about people desiring an old-fashioned communal feeling:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/drive-in-theaters-are-making-a-comeback/vp-BBOJ7xW
I have uploaded photos of the Seminole Theater/Landmark Hotel building (which seems to be for sale), as well as one of its historical marker.
On October 18th, 2018 I attended the Lighting Ceremony for the Seminole’s new marquee, (it had never had a marquee before), followed by a free screening of “Singin' in the Rain”, which to me nicely felt a bit like going to the movies in a small town years ago.
I’ve uploaded a photo of the marquee on the night of its debut.
remkoolhaas, are the remnants you are referring to that of the Biscayne Park Theater in North Miami? Click here for the CT page I created for it. Where can I see your photos?
Article in the Palm Beach Florida Weekly about the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County moving in to the former Lake Theatre in January of 2012:
https://palmbeach.floridaweekly.com/articles/cultural-council-opening-in-robert-m-montgomery-jr-building/
The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, a combination art gallery, performance space, educational center, gift shop and tourist information kiosk that is currently housed in the former Lake Theatre is visited starting at 11:50 in this Lake Worth episode of the PBS tv program “On the Town in the Palm Beaches” on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/-61xIcKfLV0?t=710
Nice contemporary exterior shots at 12:30 and 13:00, but also a historic depiction back at 2:41 and 4:03 even though that part of the program is discussing the Lake Worth Playhouse.
The Lake Worth Playhouse is discussed and visited starting at 2:19 in this Lake Worth episode of the PBS tv program “On the Town in the Palm Beaches” on Youtube, (although the exterior shots at 2:41 and 4:03 are actually of the Lake Theatre):
https://youtu.be/-61xIcKfLV0?t=138
The Street Painting Festival is shown at 10:47 followed by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County housed in the former Lake Theatre.
History of the Lake Worth Playhouse page on the Playhouse’s website:
http://www.lakeworthplayhouse.org/playhouse_history.html
I enjoy knowing there’s a nearby municipality named after the legendary lost city of Atlantis.
How skeptical might some people be when the mayor of Atlantis, Florida introduces themselves as “the mayor of Atlantis”? : )
When I’ve been to Lake Worth for the Street Painting Festival I’ve enjoyed what to me is the mellow vibe of the local Guatemalan-Mayan immigrants I’ve sat amongst while eating at the little Panda Garden Chinese restaurant they seem to enjoy frequenting in the shopping center where the Towne apparently had been, but I can’t tell exactly where the cinema was located.
Perhaps it was where the El Bodegon Hispanic-themed supermarket is now?
Sporridge, in response to your question from June 25th, 2011 regarding newspaper references to the Capri, I found this Palm Beach Post article from May 7th, 2014 saying the Lake Worth Playhouse had been the Capri Art Theatre, then in 1968 became the Playtoy!:
“When Lake Worth Was the ‘Skin Flick Capital of the Country‘”
(When I was a kid I remember some regular movie theaters having an “X” on their marquees, but this is the first I’ve heard of one changing its name to make its adult nature more obvious.)
The article, that begins with an exterior photo and ends with a list of some titles that screened there, says the Playtoy became embroiled in an anti-indecency court case over the film “Deep Throat” that closed the cinema in the early 1970‘s, before it was purchased by the Lake Worth Playhouse nonprofit group that converted it into a venue for live theater.
A visitor to the area today would perceive no indication of the Playhouse’s former less respectable identity.
By the way, a good reason to visit Lake Worth is the Street Painting Festival that takes place annually in late February on Lake Worth’s downtown streets including in front of the Playhouse.
This theater is no longer an O Cinema location but is still the Miami Theater Center, focusing on theatrical performances for children and their families, and sometimes screening programs of family orientated films, meaning it is still technically an open movie theater.
I asked an employee at the original O Cinema in Wynwood who confirmed this, saying the change occurred about a year ago.
Article from July 30th, 2018 on Miami.com website:
“Luxury Movie Theater Silverspot is Now Open in Miami. Here‘s What It Looks Like.“
Wow, the Silverspot was built on the spot where the remains of a Tequesta village were discovered and studied by archaeologists before the cinema’s construction!
Check out the 12 minute documentary film “The First Miamians” presented by local PBS station WLRN on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDqIHdxDBM
Starting at 9:39 the film mentions the future of the site and the then coming building that now houses the Silverspot. (At the end don’t miss the cool use of glow sticks to illuminate the outlines of where some huts had stood that are then photographed via drone!)
From the sidewalk I once peeked in on the archaeologists working as I walked around the fenced perimeter of the property and I used to gaze down onto their work from overhead while riding past on the Metromover.
The site also inspired the book “Before the Pioneers“ by Andrew K. Frank that describes the history of the north bank of the Miami River from the earliest geologic times through the Tequesta’s habitation and up until the founding of Miami.
Along the wall of the dining area inside the Whole Foods across the street is a mural depicting Tequesta in tribute to them. (I remember years ago when that property was being developed I had heard Regal Cinemas might open a multiplex there next to the Whole Foods, then that never happened.)
When I walked by the Silverspot on September 12, 2018 I stood on the sidewalk and could peer down into the circle (not made publicly presentable yet so you currently can‘t see the postholes where a Tequesta hut had been) in the so far unoccupied southwest corner of the building. The other circle the developers promised to preserve as described in “The First Miamians” is hopefully inside the northeast corner.
Perhaps the documentary should be shown before each movie screened at the Silverspot! : )
There are descriptions of the renovation project’s progress from the county’s point of view on the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs Coconut Grove Playhouse Project webpage.
Miami Herald article from September 5, 2018:
“Florida Moves Toward Seizing Grove Playhouse from Miami-Dade Over Renovation Delays”
O no, the original O Cinema will be closing in the Spring of 2019 as the property will be redeveloped into apartments:
Miami Herald article:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article217816530.html
Miami New Times article:
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/restaurants/wynwood-yard-and-o-cinema-to-close-to-make-way-for-lennar-apartment-building-10700957
Make a visit before you can’t.
For me O Cinema was almost the only reason to visit the Wynwood neighborhood because I am not a hipster.
There are hints that the O Cinema folks will open something new somewhere but no announcement yet. (Meanwhile the Miami Beach branch continues.)
Btw, I thought there was a different Cinema Treasures page for O Cinema Wynwood a few years ago with a few minor comments and some different photos, but that one seems to be gone and replaced by this one, or I might be misremembering?
Al,
Based on your helpful March 1st, 2017 comment I found the Pasta Attic Cinema listing I was looking for on microfilm in the Miami Main Library yesterday using one of their new machines hooked up to desktop computers and made a photocopy. I found it in the first newspaper I tried, the October 13th, 1997 Miami Herald. Thanks.