Comments from uncleal923

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Aug 21, 2006 at 11:01 am

Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Mister Markowitz?

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uncleal923 commented about Bayshore-Sunrise Drive-In on Aug 20, 2006 at 7:56 am

It wasn’t on the drive in, but I think it was a U.A.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Aug 18, 2006 at 5:01 pm

I haven’t heard from this section of the site for a while, are there people still out there?

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uncleal923 commented about Bayshore-Sunrise Drive-In on Aug 18, 2006 at 4:58 pm

I remember there being an indoor at the drive in entrance. I recall seeing Glory at that theater. Maybe that’s the one.

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uncleal923 commented about Lane Theatre on Aug 14, 2006 at 10:37 am

There’s a concert venue out here in Patchogue and the town took the liberty of placing signs marked “no theater parking” in many of the lots. However, people still park there. The place is an old vaudeville house.

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uncleal923 commented about Paramount Theatre on Aug 14, 2006 at 10:34 am

Vito;
I went there, thanx

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uncleal923 commented about Lane Theatre on Aug 14, 2006 at 10:23 am

Then, maybe it can be done. I now live on Long Island, but my family wants to move to S.I. Every so often I visit Staten Island, and my family once had a store there. I would pass and think this would be a great place for concerts or old movies.

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uncleal923 commented about Lane Theatre on Aug 13, 2006 at 5:53 pm

What can be done to bring it back? Does anyone know?

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uncleal923 commented about Paramount Theatre on Aug 13, 2006 at 6:53 am

The ship did not yet sail on some other theaters if you may wish to save them. I know that the Lane on New Dorp Lane is still intact. However, many of you may have crossed the bridge or ferry to Brooklyn, where the Loew’s Kings is located. I can see the Lane as a revival house. I can see the Kings as a concert venue. What do you all think?

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Jul 17, 2006 at 6:27 pm

I was over at the Staten Island Paramount section of this site, that theater was designed by Rapp and Rapp. I suggested that they may try to help restore the Kings because, from what I read over there that theater may not be restorable. What do you all think?

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uncleal923 commented about Paramount Theatre on Jul 17, 2006 at 6:19 pm

I am sorry to hear that there was very little left. Maybe we should place some effort into restoring a theater across the river in Brooklyn that was designed by the same team. The Loew’s Kings was designed by Rapp and Rapp and I am on the committee to save that. I would like to save more theaters, but if one can’t be saved then it can’t be saved.

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uncleal923 commented about Paramount Theatre on Jul 11, 2006 at 5:34 pm

Garth;
Go back in there. If the theater can be saved then try. I heard that something was going on there from friends on Staten Island, and my family plans to move there in the future. Please keep us posted.

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uncleal923 commented about Trylon Theater on Jul 11, 2006 at 5:28 pm

Wait, are you guys giving up? I haven’t seen any of the photos, but this could still be a diamond in the rough. There are people, myself included, not willing to give up on the Kings in Brooklyn, which is a few years older and hasn’t been used since the 1970s. Maybe you should just keep pressing. Any theater, like most historical buildings, is worth keeping. Furthermore, the politicians may be crooked, but sometimes they straighten out with the right coaxing.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Jul 11, 2006 at 5:21 pm

I also think that whoever built one of the hotels should be praised for the one by the Broadway Palace rises above the original theater which is still intact. In other words, the interior of that famous vaudeville palace was preserved and they are presently running the musical Lehstadt there. So, there is at least one old picture palace on Broadway that we can enjoy.

However, how does that help save the Kings. It is in need of a revival. Maybe they should reopen it for legitimate theater. Get some new artists interested in the place and produce plays.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Jul 10, 2006 at 4:23 pm

Personally I think the hope that left New York City came back with the Koch Administration. However, Dinkins let it die for a few years. Rudy restarted it. Bloomberg is riding on it, even though he is a damn good mayor.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Jun 30, 2006 at 6:31 pm

Dan, I tried the email on that page and got, well, a return to sender. You may want to place my site on it. There is a site to help save the Kings on the Unofficial New York Nostalgia Buff Webpage http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/awaseniu and you can get right to it from the main index there.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Jun 30, 2006 at 6:20 pm

Oh shoot; I haven’t been online in months and I missed the special, when willit be on next?

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uncleal923 commented about College Plaza Twin Cinemas on Apr 26, 2006 at 4:59 pm

Jolly Roger;
I remember seeing Gone with the Wind there and American Grafitti.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Apr 26, 2006 at 4:51 pm

Dfc;
I believe the theater may have closed in 1979.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Apr 26, 2006 at 4:44 pm

By the way, that ad for the Wonder Organ Disc has a way to get to the Loew’s Kings Tribute Page from my website. I am thanking anyone from that society who placed it on there. SAVE THE KINGS.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Apr 25, 2006 at 5:40 pm

I want to be at the next meeting. It seems this page is getting too negative. I’m glad I got back on. Everything can be saved. If the molds don’t exist, then we may be able to make them at other theaters. You see we need to be positive.

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uncleal923 commented about Trylon Theater on Apr 25, 2006 at 5:31 pm

I did not have to read that whole thing above to realize how sad it is. These old theaters should be preserved.

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Feb 24, 2006 at 6:59 pm

Well; PhilPhil
We need the fans

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uncleal923 commented about Kings Theatre on Feb 8, 2006 at 6:59 pm

Where is the article about Markowitz in the Post, what date again and page?

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uncleal923 commented about Loew's State Theatre on Jan 20, 2006 at 5:50 pm

I am now wondering what the last films were to play the original Loew’s State. I was there when it first went twin, so I have no doubt it would be at least two.