AMC Empire 25
234 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
234 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
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some older photos i took of the empire
exterior in 1995
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4072626465/
longer shot – does anyone know if the marquee to the right of the empire was a theatre or just a porn house – it says 4 screens of films i think??
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/4072620073/
exterior in 1992
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/78605124/
empire doors in 1995 dressed for LAST ACTION HERO in the guise of the Pandora Theatre
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/78605125/
this has happened at rockaway and will continue slowly at every theater. AMC is not rushing out like Clearview but more like Regal and other larger chains.
amc is not going to shut down the theatre and replace all 35mm projectors with sony 4k. I think what amc is doing is replacing one screen at a time with 4k. Shutting down would be a big loss. Every month they will keep pushing one sony 4k replacing with the 35mm throughout next year. In this way all 35mm projectors will be replaced with sony 4k throughout the whole circuit at the end of 2012. Thats what their plan is for now. So yeah, expect one projector installed every month or two.
Here is a photo circa 1930:
http://tinyurl.com/rybx5n
third digital sony 4k projector coming soon within a month
An Empire on 39th and 9th did show some films in 1923-24.
Exactly. That is a photo of the Empire Theater that used to be at 1430 Broadway. It was demolished around 1953. I don’t think it was ever a movie theater. Here is a photo of that Empire Theater for comparison.
I believe that the above photo of the Empire theater was the legitimate theater located at Broadway and 40th street in NYC. I believe it was torn down in the 1950’s.
Don’t think this 1953 LIFE view is the same Empire Theatre, but it could be,
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The movie I saw here today wasn’t great , but the theatre was. I was very impressed.
I think they use two three, two for 4k/2k movies and one for IMAX (digital). It will take a while before the other 22 screens get replaced by the 4k projection.
How many digital projectors does Empire currently have. From what I have read most of you seem to know exactly what your talking about, so do you think that this theater will be one of the 1st to start receiving these digital projectors from this AMC & Sony deal? Will AMC start at there most profitable places and then trickle down? Also when AMC says ‘all digital’ do they really mean every single one of their screens or will they leave around some 35mm projectors on some screens? AMC has the AMC Select program, that prides itself on independent and some art films, so what affect will this digital plan have on that program? Especially for empire 25 who doesn’t get all the mainstream films each week so they run alot of select films. Wouldn’t that force AMC to keep some 35mm projectors at the empire, if not it seems to me they would have alot of dead screens due to the fact that they don’t get all the mainstream films. Will independent film makers be willing to release in digital and print just for the sake of being able to play in AMCs (if they do mean EVERY screen digital). I understand cost wise the switch for film makers wouldn’t be so challenging but the fact of simply changing to accomadate is what I’m looking at here.
This is a close-up of the Empire.
Here is a photo of the Empire 25 I took last week.
Thanks for the recent photos.
Renewing link.
The above were taken about a year ago.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/curtians/2223415300/
This is a nice 2009 photo.
I suspect that since these 42nd street businesses all share exits and in some cases some are inside others, they may a share a main postal office.
How do I e-mail you, Ross?
This is not a forum about Warren. This is about the AMC Empire 25. I appreciate your comment MarkieS, but it is off topic on this page. Please feel free to email me with any additional concerns.
Thanks and I do appreciate all of your passionate interest in the site and these theaters. These interpersonal issues are always the hardest part.
A couple of wonderful old theaters in Queens and Brooklyn, which are now “adult” theaters, have been removed from this site because Warren instigated inflammatory comments by passing moral judgment on the men who patronize these theaters. That is a shame. His knowledge of old theaters is truly wonderful; it’s too bad he sets himself up as such a moral prig.
Does every disagreement have to get personal?
Warren, what is the need for “Are you now dictating rules? When did you become part of management?”
Lost Memory has a perfect reasonable explanation for the source of the address (which Google Maps confirms).