And there was no email address provided to contacting Mr. Boak. If he were to get enough calls, it just might stop or at least delay the demolition. Look at the beautiful Fox in Atlanta……. it was saved at the 11th hour!
“Beaver Falls Mayor Karl Boak lamented the passing of the city landmark.” That’s nice to know, but it won’t save it come December 30th! My wish for the new year would be for someone to prove this community wrong and restore the Granada! Nothing is impossible!
posted by Patsy on Dec 27, 2009 at 12:42pmIf anyone is interested in contacting the Beaver Falls Mayor’s office in regards to the Granada, here is the address/number though time is running out for the Granada. A call would get to him much sooner!
Beaver Falls Mayor’s Office (Mr. Karl Boak)
715 15th Street, Beaver Falls, PA
(724) 847-2808‎
If anyone is interested in contacting the Beaver Falls Mayor’s office in regards to the Granada, here is the address/number though time is running out for the Granada. A call would get to him much sooner!
Beaver Falls Mayor’s Office (Mr. Karl Boak)
715 15th Street, Beaver Falls, PA
(724) 847-2808
“Beaver Falls Mayor Karl Boak lamented the passing of the city landmark.” That’s nice to know, but it won’t save it come December 30th! My wish for the new year would be for someone to prove this community wrong and restore the Granada! Nothing is impossible!
Let me be the first to say I don’t like the idea of this theatre being demolished as it is “the last classic movie house in Beaver County”. That should count for something and make everyone involved…rethink this demolition!
The spelling of her name was incorrectly typed..it is not Sovaldi, but rather Savoldi as in her email address though I wasn’t able to send an email to that address. If anyone wants to contact her, I suggest calling her busines number!
Native: I’m only familiar with this theatre through my CT membership so anyone can contact this theatre and let them know we aren’t in favor of it being demolished. I sent an email to Elaine Sovaldi () though it was deliverable so I left a phone message @ 724-728-0500. One of her posts goes back to 2005 so she and others have been trying to save this theatre for a very long time and time may not be on their side anymore. I will let everyone know what Elaine has to say when she calls me. I’m sure she will return my call since my message ended with “we have to talk”!
Chuck1231: Great flickr site with lots of history given. Thanks. I have friends who are moving to Georgetown TX in January so I’ll make sure they go see a movie at Palace often.
Several years ago I traveled to see the Palace in Canton Ohio and didn’t continue onto Marion Ohio to see this Palace though I do see similar simaliarities in the above posted flickr photo. Is that a tongue twister? Didn’t mean to it to be! ;–)
On this date,today, December 27, 1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City! Congratulations and may this great theatre continue to provide audiences with fun, dazzle and wonder forever!
My hometown had a DeAngelis designed theatre, the Grand/Westfield NY. Sadly, it was demolished so there aren’t many DeAngelis theatres still open or still standing of the 18 DeAngelis designed theatres listed under his name. Maybe there is hope for this one though the Granada in Beaver Falls PA is about to come down on December 30, 2009! What a sad note to end 2009 on!
David: I just found the flickr photos and am truly amazed after seeing them. I just can’t believe that Beaver Falls PA would adapt an urban renewal 1970’s mentality! Someone needs to contact someone who can step up to the plate and save this cinema treasure as December 30 is just around the corner!
And in this day and age, I can’t believe that Beaver Falls has chosen to bring this theatre down with its gorgeous facade like it was the 1970’s with 1970’s theatre mentality! Shame! Shame!
Sad to read that this theatre will be demolished. The architect, Michael DeAngelis is the same architect who designed my former hometown theatre in Westfield NY…the Grand Theatre. Though Beaver Falls City Administrator, Steve Johnson is quoted as saying…“It would be cheaper to build a new building”….it wouldn’t be the same, Mr. Johnson!
In the above 1988 photo posted in April ‘09 it shows a completely different facade with NO marquee yet in more recent photos there is a very nice marquee WITH CLOCK so my question is…..did it become a theatre again after it was a jewelry store and before it became an antique/collectibles store? Someone from the area will have the answer, I hope. Let’s hope that it becomes a theatre once again for the fine folks of Plant City!
This theatre is featured in the current issue of Hemmings Motor News (www.hemmings.com) with a photo and the following information: Beautiful 1939 Art Deco Theatre (non-functional), would make a great car museum, residence or antique shop, over 1,000 ft. of neon on facade, 5,000 s/f ground floor, 2,000 s/f balcony, 1,500 s/f lobby is air conditioned, elegantly finished with fine woodwork and ceiling fans, lobby also includes nostalgic gas station facade and 50s soda fountain facade, 20 miles east of Tampa, FL, $285,000. Cecil, 813-621-2220 or 813-312-1701, FL
If anyone calls these numbers and speaks with Cecil, please tell this person you saw the ad on Cinema Treasures. Personally I would hope that a cinema buff would purchase this art deco treasure and return it to a cinema! And if anyone who lives in or near Plant City is familiar with the State please post your thoughts. Thanks.
A Castlebrook representative said demolition SHOULD start on Dec. 30. Maybe this doesn’t mean December 30th afterall.
I do hope many take the time to call Mayor Boak and tell him how upset we are about the pending demise of the once grand Granada Theatre.
And there was no email address provided to contacting Mr. Boak. If he were to get enough calls, it just might stop or at least delay the demolition. Look at the beautiful Fox in Atlanta……. it was saved at the 11th hour!
“Beaver Falls Mayor Karl Boak lamented the passing of the city landmark.” That’s nice to know, but it won’t save it come December 30th! My wish for the new year would be for someone to prove this community wrong and restore the Granada! Nothing is impossible!
posted by Patsy on Dec 27, 2009 at 12:42pmIf anyone is interested in contacting the Beaver Falls Mayor’s office in regards to the Granada, here is the address/number though time is running out for the Granada. A call would get to him much sooner!
Beaver Falls Mayor’s Office (Mr. Karl Boak)
715 15th Street, Beaver Falls, PA
(724) 847-2808‎
posted by Patsy on Dec 27, 2009 at 12:47pm
If anyone is interested in contacting the Beaver Falls Mayor’s office in regards to the Granada, here is the address/number though time is running out for the Granada. A call would get to him much sooner!
Beaver Falls Mayor’s Office (Mr. Karl Boak)
715 15th Street, Beaver Falls, PA
(724) 847-2808
“Beaver Falls Mayor Karl Boak lamented the passing of the city landmark.” That’s nice to know, but it won’t save it come December 30th! My wish for the new year would be for someone to prove this community wrong and restore the Granada! Nothing is impossible!
Let me be the first to say I don’t like the idea of this theatre being demolished as it is “the last classic movie house in Beaver County”. That should count for something and make everyone involved…rethink this demolition!
Justin: Amen…long live Radio City Music Hall, a true cinema treasured landmark!
The spelling of her name was incorrectly typed..it is not Sovaldi, but rather Savoldi as in her email address though I wasn’t able to send an email to that address. If anyone wants to contact her, I suggest calling her busines number!
Native: I’m only familiar with this theatre through my CT membership so anyone can contact this theatre and let them know we aren’t in favor of it being demolished. I sent an email to Elaine Sovaldi () though it was deliverable so I left a phone message @ 724-728-0500. One of her posts goes back to 2005 so she and others have been trying to save this theatre for a very long time and time may not be on their side anymore. I will let everyone know what Elaine has to say when she calls me. I’m sure she will return my call since my message ended with “we have to talk”!
Chuck1231: Great flickr site with lots of history given. Thanks. I have friends who are moving to Georgetown TX in January so I’ll make sure they go see a movie at Palace often.
Several years ago I traveled to see the Palace in Canton Ohio and didn’t continue onto Marion Ohio to see this Palace though I do see similar simaliarities in the above posted flickr photo. Is that a tongue twister? Didn’t mean to it to be! ;–)
On this date,today, December 27, 1932 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City! Congratulations and may this great theatre continue to provide audiences with fun, dazzle and wonder forever!
norelco: At least you have personal memories compared to the rest of us.
How is the Diane 29 Drive-In listed on CT as I couldn’t find it?
Mike: Ok..will read about it…thanks.
Mike: Thanks for your additional input on this drive-in from the past that is still with us as so many aren’t anymore.
My hometown had a DeAngelis designed theatre, the Grand/Westfield NY. Sadly, it was demolished so there aren’t many DeAngelis theatres still open or still standing of the 18 DeAngelis designed theatres listed under his name. Maybe there is hope for this one though the Granada in Beaver Falls PA is about to come down on December 30, 2009! What a sad note to end 2009 on!
Could this theatre possibly be resurrected and made into a theatre again or did the electrical supply warehouse folks level the floor, etc.??
David: I just found the flickr photos and am truly amazed after seeing them. I just can’t believe that Beaver Falls PA would adapt an urban renewal 1970’s mentality! Someone needs to contact someone who can step up to the plate and save this cinema treasure as December 30 is just around the corner!
And in this day and age, I can’t believe that Beaver Falls has chosen to bring this theatre down with its gorgeous facade like it was the 1970’s with 1970’s theatre mentality! Shame! Shame!
Sad to read that this theatre will be demolished. The architect, Michael DeAngelis is the same architect who designed my former hometown theatre in Westfield NY…the Grand Theatre. Though Beaver Falls City Administrator, Steve Johnson is quoted as saying…“It would be cheaper to build a new building”….it wouldn’t be the same, Mr. Johnson!
The Hemmings ad is in the back of the magazine/real estate section.
In the above 1988 photo posted in April ‘09 it shows a completely different facade with NO marquee yet in more recent photos there is a very nice marquee WITH CLOCK so my question is…..did it become a theatre again after it was a jewelry store and before it became an antique/collectibles store? Someone from the area will have the answer, I hope. Let’s hope that it becomes a theatre once again for the fine folks of Plant City!
This theatre is featured in the current issue of Hemmings Motor News (www.hemmings.com) with a photo and the following information: Beautiful 1939 Art Deco Theatre (non-functional), would make a great car museum, residence or antique shop, over 1,000 ft. of neon on facade, 5,000 s/f ground floor, 2,000 s/f balcony, 1,500 s/f lobby is air conditioned, elegantly finished with fine woodwork and ceiling fans, lobby also includes nostalgic gas station facade and 50s soda fountain facade, 20 miles east of Tampa, FL, $285,000. Cecil, 813-621-2220 or 813-312-1701, FL
If anyone calls these numbers and speaks with Cecil, please tell this person you saw the ad on Cinema Treasures. Personally I would hope that a cinema buff would purchase this art deco treasure and return it to a cinema! And if anyone who lives in or near Plant City is familiar with the State please post your thoughts. Thanks.