Regal E-Walk Stadium 13

What does the name 'E-Walk' mean?

It's a hip, easy-to-roll-off-the-tongue marketing term for 'Entertainment Walk'. The complex the Loews Theatre on 42nd Street resides within also serves as home to several shops and restaurants - all the better to flitter away the money of tourists and other assorted folk with plenty of discretionary cash to burn.

Here's a close up view of the exterior of the old Harem adult theater that used to sit on the site of the E-Walk.

I was wondering if the name 'E-Walk' was inspired by certain George Lucas characters.

Reportedly AMC didn't know that their competitor was planning the E-Walk with its 13 screens literally across the street. That is why the 25-screen AMC 'plex shows art films "at the top" of the AMC 'plex. Not enough product out to film up 38 screens.

There is a new feature in the A9.com search engine - neighborhood photos for major cities. While I don't consider this theater a "cinema treasure", I thought that it would be an easy test case for the feature. Here is the search result, which is somehow hosted by Amazon (they have a way of getting into everything):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/yp/B00035SHGG/103-9501804-7668666

Amazon owns the A9.com search engine.

Wow. We need a time machine so we can see the streets from the old days that way!

BTW, A9.com is owned by Amazon, which explains the hosting (as well as the A9 search links on the IMDB, also Amazon-owned).

I was here today and not one escalator in the damn multiplex was working. I guess they could shut 'em down because crowds were light. Everyone must have been across the street where STAR BORES VI was showing on 11 screens. It did boffo box office over the last four days, raking in a record $150M worth of tickets.

Fear not for the E-Walk. They are getting their own tent pole soon. WAR OF THE WORLDS, with Spielberg & Cruise, is coming to the E-Walk. There weren't too many people at the EXORCIST prequel that I caught.

The merger of AMC and Loews has just been announced. Any thoughts as to how the deal will affect bookings for the E-Walk and Empire?

That's a stunning development. The whole city of Boston has only two movie theatres - one Loews, the other AMC. Will they have to sell one of them to meet anti-trust standards?

Interesting point about Boston, although it's not the first time in recent years that a single entity has controlled all of the Boston screens. Prior to the opening of the AMC Fenway, USA/Sony/Loews was the sole player in Boston and had been so for quite some time. Nevertheless, a valid point. If Regal wants to enter the Boston market, they might have an opportunity here.

If AMC is forced to divest itself of the Ewalk and Regal does take it over the LED blade sign which currently spells "LOEWS" might be changed to spell "REGAL", and it will fit as both names are exactly five letters long.

Who do you think will get some of Loews theaters, Theater Fan? I think Clearview would be a better choice especially for the 72nd St East

Mikeoaklandpark,

I would rather see the 72nd Street East be run by Clearview, than be closed forever. It probably comes down to who will offer AMC/Loews more money for the properties they are divesting in NYC. Regal has pretty deep pockets & Clearview's parent company Rainbow Media is in the process of being spun off from Cablevision.

The Ewalk would be a real feather in Cleaview's cap if they do get it, isn't the newest theatre they have the Chelsea? Also has Clearview added any more theatres in NYC since the initial Loews Cineplex purchase, other that the New York Twin? I know quite a few Clearview's have since closed.

I just had a horrible thought. I certainly hope they don't have City Cinemas take over any of the Loews theaters. I keep hoping the deal will fall through

It could be a another chain such as CineMark, Carmike or National Amusements come in and scoop up the properties as well.

Do you think the Loews name will survive this merger?

Since entering the NYC market in 1998, Clearview has acquired one theatre, the soon-to-be-former New York One and Two; its debits, in chronological order: the 34th Street Showplace (Clearview sold to new property owner; closed in August of '99), the Park & 86th Street Cinemas (lease not renewed; closed in September of '02), the Olympia Twin (Clearview sold to new property owner; closed in December of '02), the Metro Twin (landlord assumed control of property; closed in August of '02 and re-opened as independent this past December), and the Beekman (landlord assumed control of property; closed this past June 26th). Meanwhile, corporate sibling IFC assumed control of - and, of course, to much recent ballyhoo, renovated - the former Waverly Twin.

The Loews name is likely to fade away in the merger, Theatrefan. That, to me, is one semi-sad part of the transaction, strictly from a historical perspective, not based on what the now-corporation has become in recent decades...

The Loews name is likely to fade away in the merger, Theatrefan. That, to me, is one semi-sad part of the transaction, strictly from a historical perspective, not based on what the now-corporation has become in recent decades...

And when the Loew's name disappears, it will join such other proud chain names as RKO (Keith-Albee) and Walter Reade.

Fox, Warner, and Paramount at least live on as active studio names....

Lets not forget the classy "Cinema 5 Theatres" (originally Rugoff) and the pride of Long Island "Century's".

Your right in that losing the Loew's name is the saddest part. Other now defunct chains include: Century, Interboro, Randforce, Stanley, Brandt and all of the ones that Ron mentioned above.

Meanwhile, the no-longer-related Loews Corporation will live on as a collection of businesses that have no relationship whatsover to each other: hotels, cigarettes, insurance, oil and gas, and jewelry. They sold off the theatre chain in 1985.

Here's a list of online Loew's annual reports, from 1965 to 1985 inclusive. They make interesting, though somewhat saddening, reading.

Diversifying from theatres into hotels and real estate makes some sense to me, but I don't understand the logic of the company's subsequent acquisitions.

Wow, those annual reports are really great, thanks Ron! Its like a blast from the past going through all of those. There is a lot of info to look over.

Loews Theatres was indeed the foundation for Loews Corp. In the 1960's conglomorates were all the rage as you had companies such as ITT owning Hotels, Insurance & Car Rental. Most companies have since restructured themselves into similar lines of busiess, except for Loews which still has Lorillard, CNA, Bullova etc.

Loews Cineplex used to have their annual reports online as well, when they were still a public coampany, I wonder if it is archived anywhere online?

"Your right in that losing the Loew's name is the saddest part. Other now defunct chains include: Century, Interboro, Randforce, Stanley, Brandt and all of the ones that Ron mentioned above."

I will add United Artist to that death list. In the 70's & 80's they practically owned Long Island. They're weeky ad would take up half a page in Newsday. It's a shame the last corporation that owned it destroyed it. Up until the mid '80's when Salah Hassanein was in charge, it was a first class operation. With the loss of the Lowes name, all the theatres that I grew up with are gone, UA, A.I.T., Skouras, RKO, Prudential. Sorry, but National Amusements just doesn't cut it for me.

Yes BobT, you are absolutely right todays United Artists is a small shell of its former self, just another division of Regal, from what I hear the name itself may be gone in two more years. Nothing at all like the former United Artists Eastern Theatres Inc. of the 1970's.

To possibly acquire at least a print copy of the most recent annual report, Theatrefan, you might want to try contacting Loews Cineplex via their website. I did the same a few years ago, under the guise of being a 'potential investor' and was sent a copy of what was then their current report. Worth a try, although I'm pretty sure the excuse I used wouldn't work so well for you, in light of current events... :-)

I just caught an error in my posting, detailing the history of Clearview Cinemas site acquisitions and debits since they entered the NYC marketplace. They actually lost control of the Metro Twin in August of 2004, not 2002. Apologies for the inaccuracy.

br91975, actually I was able to also get a copy of the 1999 Loews Cineplex anuual report a few years back by mail as well, I did also try to get the 2000 one as well, but no one could seem to find it. So I downloaded the PDF file and printed it out. I think as soon as they were taken over by ONEX the reports were pulled off the corporate website, it's really a shame because the 1999 one it just filled to the brim with historic photos of important Loews Theatres.

I wonder for the other theatre fans out there if the Science and Industies Business Library in NYC would have them on file, it's probably on microfilm there.

br9175, this this the full list of all the theatres that Loews Theatre Management and Cineplex Odeon had to divest in NYC & Chicago in order to get appoval from the Department of Justice for the merger back in 1998:

The 14 Manhattan theaters to be divested consist of 13
Cineplex Odeon theaters (Chelsea, Chelsea West, 1st & 62nd,
Ziegfeld, Park & 86th Street, Waverly Twin, Olympia, Art
Greenwich, Metro Twin, Beekman, Regency, 62nd & Broadway, and 59th
Street East) and one Sony-Loews theater (34th Street Showplace).
The 11 Chicago area theaters to be divested consist of 8 Cineplex
Odeon theaters (600 North Michigan, 900 North Michigan, Biograph,
Bricktown, Watertower 1-4, Watertower 5-7, Burnham Plaza, and
Broadway) and 3 Sony-Loews theaters (Hyde Park Quad, River Run
Eightplex, and Old Orchard Quad).

Through previous mergers and aquisitions, Loews presently owns the names and trademarks of:
Cineplex Odeon
RKO
Century
Stanley-Warner
Cinema 5 LTD.
The Walter Reade Organization
Plitt Theatres
Essaness
Circle
USA Cinemas
Sack
Music Makers
Sterling Recreation

...and I'm sure I left out something, but thats all I can think of from modern history.

Weren't most of those circuits taken over by Cineplex Odeon in their late 80's spending spree, When Garth was buying up theatre chains like there was no tomorrow?

According to the US Theatre Locations section of the Loews Cineplex Enjoythereeldeal website; as of Jan 12th, 2005 in the United States there are:

73 Loew's Theatre Locations, 42 Cineplex Odeon Cinema Locations, 09 Star Theatre Locations(only in Michigan) & 06 Magic Johnson Theatre Locations. I believe that makes 130 Locations total.

Theatrefan: Yes, most were taken over by Cineplex, but then Loews took over Cineplex and by default owns the stuff that Cineplex owned.

According to the April 2005 Loews directory, the company had 133 units with 1,442 screens.

dave-bronx: Thanks, I think the Extra 3 theatres are the 3 IMAX theatres, In California and New York. They may be counted separately.
Also with the Fortway closed there are 41 Cineplex Odeon's & 142 Total.

The IMAX theatres are included in the count. They opened a couple of new ones, including Loews Alderwood in Seattle.

And the Loews Port Chester should be opening in October of this year.

The Port Chester was supposed to open LAST summer, something is wrong there, but I haven't found out what. I went snooping around there last summer and the building was up, but it appeared that all work had stopped.

Sack Theatres was the dominant chain in Boston in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They changed their name to USACinemas in December 1985. Over the following year, USACinemas bought three competing theatres, while two other competitors closed down. By the end of 1986, USACinemas had a total monopoly in central Boston and a near-monopoly in neighboring Cambridge.

Loews bought USACinemas in March 1988, giving Loews a presence in Boston for the first time since 1975. This was a full decade before Loews merged with Cineplex Odeon. Over the following 17 years, Loews proceeded to close almost every former Sack and USACinemas location.

For much more detailed discussion of this topic, see the Copley Place Cinemas page here at CinemaTreasures, and also the Old New England chains discussion at CinemaTour.

(My apologies if I'm hijacking your discussion of the E-Walk.)

From 1998 onward, some Loew's annual reports and other documents are available on the web site of the Securities & Exchange Commission:

Companies with names matching 'Loews'

Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp

Unfortunately, they appear to be in text and HTML format only -- no pictures.
If you have an old PDF, please post it somewhere and link to it here.

Hi Ron:
I remember visiting the Copley Place when I was in Boston a few years back, it had a nice gold colored Loews sign. The Boston Commons was really nice, sort of like our 34th Street, which opened the same year.

Unfortunately the only annual Loews Cineplex reports I have is on paper hard-copy, it used to be availible on the corporate website, but the link is now dead, sorry.

Thanks for capturing the theatre locations Loews Theatres Management and Cineplex Odeon Corporation were forced to divest themselves of prior to their merger in '98. The two exceptions were the Regency - Cineplex Odeon was allowed to hold onto the Regency due to its impending shuttering and demolition - and the Art Greenwich, which closed as a Cineplex house that winter and, while the various permit and neighborhood considerations were worked out prior to the site being redeveloped as an Equinox Fitness Club, re-opened in late February of '99 and operated as an indie through May of the following year.

The Regency was allowed to transfer over to Loews (though the signs were not changed) because prior to the merger it was already scheduled to close at the end of the lease, and divesting it wouldn't accomplish anything.

The Art-Greenwich, when it re-opened as an independent, was operated by Al Schwartz and Michael Landis [ALMI Group] - former owners of RKO-CW. They had sold the business to Cineplex but retained the real estate.

Wasn't the Wordwide the only original Cineplex Odeon Cinema, that kept the Cineplex Brand in Manhattan? I know the Baronet/Coronet was converted over to the Loews Coronet I/II.

I think the Worldwide Cinemas became the Loews Cineplex Worldwide cinemas before closing down in the late '90s. The closest theatre near me that has the Cineplex Odeon name is the Route 4 Tenplex in Paramus (advertised as CO Route 4 Tenplex and Triplex); although several CO theatres (like the Menlo Park Mall theatre) changed to the Loews name. Once the AMC deal is done, expect the Loews name to go the way of the dinosaur!

The Worldwide Cinemas remained under the Cineplex Odeon aegis to the end and was the last C.O. house in Manhattan.

Thanks for that info, Dave, as to who operated the Art Greenwich as an indie. This might a stunningly obvious thing to ask, but when you mentioned Al Schwartz and Michael Landis retained the real estate, did that mean they owned the building itself until selling it to Equinox?

Yes, for his $179 million, all Garth got was the RKO-CW business operations, no Manhattan real estate. Schwartz and Landis knew a sucker when they saw one. They may still own the Art-Greenwich property and lease it to Equinox.

The Worldwide Cinemas closed their doors for business in February of 2001, as part of a major wave of properties Loews Cineplex was able to wiggle away from upon court approval of their bankruptcy organization plan.

br91795 or dave-bronx: Did Garth get any property when Cineplex Odeon took over the Walter Reade chain in NYC? I know LCE owned the Baronet/Coronet at the time of its closing in 2001.

I visited this theatre in June. Very bland. Sound wasn't all that great. Definitely nothing to write home about.

Long, long ago, in a world far, far away, Marcus Loew stated, "We sell tickets to THEATRES, not movies." - As we all know, many of the theatres created for him by Lamb, Eberson, the Rapp brothers and a few others had lavish, palatial lobbies, but the architectural main event, as it were, was in the auditorium, where the architect usually went hog wild creating a spectacular fantasyland interior that was many times more entertaining to look at than what was on the stage or screen. Somehow, as the years went by, the architecture gradually fell by the wayside, reaching a low point in the 60s and 70s, with bland, plain lobbies (a la General Cinema), and even more bland, plain auditoriums. Todays theatres are trying to get some of that back, with a certain amount of theming in the lobbies, but the auditoriums are still bland and plain. Perhaps, if the movie theatre business is still around in twenty years, the powers-that-be will get around to doing something with the auditoriums. But, alas, there are no more Marcus Loews or Thomas Lambs - the bean-counters are running the show these days, so I'm not holding my breath. [Cynical?? ME??]

What was amazing when they opend the E-Walk was the marquee. After they didn't learn their lesson with the disaster of the State at the Vigin store, they spent big bucks for an art deco looking marquee. The only problem was it had only two small panels where they could only advertise two titles on thirteen screens. Sometimes both panels were the same title because it was on multiple screens but it was impossible to tell what was playing without having to go into the lobby. Yet across the street at the AMC had a huge bright LED sign.

The marquee has had the signage changed to a color digital sign, but the framing around the digital unit is way too plain for 42nd St. - it needs more neon and color. The LOEWS letters on the top of the marquee have also been changed to match the logo type. A photo can be seen here: http://www.daktronics.com/photo_detail.cfm?cc=CC04121

What a dump this place has become! On 3 recent visits I have been forced to walk up several flights of stairs (Broken escaltors for over a month!), Dirty bathrooms, smelly theatres with torn seats and gum on them, watered down coffee and nasty workers! All this for $10.75 for a weekday matinee! Oh, and the place was practically empty!

>>The marquee has had the signage changed to a color digital sign, but the framing around the digital unit is way too plain for 42nd St. - it needs more neon and color.<<

I agree. The 42nd Street grind houses switched to that bland silver border after have glitzy flashing lights for decades. Looked awful.

Broken escalators are also frequently the case at the Loews State plex in the bowels of the Virgin Music Store, and probably one of the reasons why the site never became popular. Even when the escalators are working, you have to go down two separate flights of them to get to the State's level. I still have yet to find an explanation of how patrons would get back up to the street in case of a fire or some other emergency.

The Loews State was closed for quite a few days after 9/11, probably due, in no small part, to those exact concerns.

In under six years, this place has managed to go from great to mediocre but it is still preferable to the AMC across the street.

Here is a photo of the site of the E-Walk before it was cleared away for the E-Walk's construction.

That's a great "death row" photo, Bryan... It's been so long, I've forgotten how many building sites occupied the location where the E-Walk and the Westin Hotel were constructed. I love how they painted all those shutters in bright primary colors and how the Modell's and Harem signs were still in place. Since there is no entry on this site for the Harem, I'll ask here if anyone knows the history of that theater? I assume there is no great history and that it was simply carved out of existing retail space, but was it ever used for anything other than a porn house? It's one of the few 42nd street theaters that I was never able (or perhaps more accurately, willing) to attend. Never got into the Anco or Cine 42nd either.

I believe the Harem was always porno, as long back as I remember. Does anyone know if that's the original name or was it called something else before?

Warren... have you ever researched the Harem for its own page on this site? Or is it not an interesting enough topic? I'm guessing it was carved out of retail space and probably has a fairly unremarkable history. I'm still curious to learn its origins and I'm not sure I'd know where to begin looking without as much as an address.

According to today's Variety, the E-Walk is slated to be sold:

"As the result of an antitrust review of the AMC and Loews merger, which was announced in June and is expected to close early next year, the exhibs will sell 10 theaters in six cities.
The exhibexhib bizbiz is closely monitored by antitrust officials so that one chain does not, in effect, have a monopoly on movies in any particular market. Because Loews and AMC had competitive theaters in several distribdistrib zones, some sell-off was expected (Daily Variety, June 22).

After unloading the 10 theaters -- five each from AMC and Loews, comprising 93 screens total -- the merged company will be left with 437 locations and 5,843 screens in the U.S., making it the second-largest chain after Regal, which has 6,264 screens.

However, several of the theaters now on the auction block are considered strong earners in film-distrib circles. Included on the for-sale list is one of the biggest-grossing theaters in the country, the Loews E-Walk 13 in GothamGotham.

It is across 42nd Street in Times Square from the AMC Empire 25, which is the biggest-grossing moviehouse in the country.

Also on the list is the AMC Fenway 13 in Boston and the Loews Meridian 16 in Seattle.

Other locations now up for grabs include: in Chicago, the AMC City North 14 and Loews Webster Place 11; in D.C., the AMC Union Station 9 and Loews Wisconsin Ave. 6; in San Francisco, the AMC Kabuki 8 and AMC Van Ness 14; and in Dallas, the Loews Keyston 16."

Has there been any word on what will happen with the smaller Loews Theaters like the 72nd St East and 84th St?

All those lights and signs outside the revitalized 42nd street theatre district has made it looked gaudy and ineffectual. Those who put them up should remember the old saying that sometimes less is more.

It's Times Square, for crying out loud, NOT Beverly Hills....

You said it Dave!!

When has 42nd Street not been gaudy?

It's not the lights and billboards that get me – Hell, Times Square has always had spectacularly bright and gaudy displays - but the sheer verticality of all the new and recent construction in the area. There's no sense of scale there anymore... it doesn't relate at all to people walking down the street. It's overwhelming. The old square was dominated by modestly sized office buildings, storefronts and theaters. There was sunlight during the day and the feel of open air at night. The old Times building rose 25 floors and the Paramount topped that, but the other buildings along 7th Avenue and Broadway were of a much smaller scale, the tallest probably topping out around 12-15 stories and many more closer to 4-7 stories tall.

Now, with the foot-traffic almost unbearably thick on either side of the Square, the space feels much smaller and congested than it ever did in the past. I feel corralled when I walk through the area, almost claustrophobic. It's been transformed into an X-shaped canyon of glass and steel. As a result, the displays go up higher along the outer walls of these new skyscrapers and any notion of individuality has been abandoned. I don't get that sense of "character" that I used to get when the old movie palace marquees lined the streets. I see photos of the Ginza in Tokyo and can hardly tell it apart from Times Square, but for the Japanese lettering. There is a chapter in the book "Lost New York" that discusses how a public square is defined not so much by the space of the square itself, but by the profile of the edifices that face it. The example of Grand Army Plaza in front of the Plaza Hotel is used to illustrate how over-development has detracted from the beauty of the Plaza as a public space. I think the same can be said of Times Square.

I guess that's the trade-off associated with any civic reclamation project. Keep the faded and shady dime-a-dance ballrooms, massage parlors and seedy live-sex clubs and you may have your old palaces, grind houses, Nathans, Nedicks, Grand Luncheonette and retain a sense of architectural scale. Sweep away the porn and sleaze and restore one or two historic theaters to legitimate use and you will find hordes of real estate developers stumbling over one another for the opportunity to carve up the territory and build over the rubble of that which gave the place its identity in the first place. This is what is meant by re-development. Out with the old, in with the new. Times Square has become Disney World North and 42nd Street is its Main Street, USA.

When the restoration of 42nd street were first made it sounded like the outside would be done with more taste. As far as the sarcastic remarks of some of the above posts, there was a sense of balance to the Broadway lights & buildings of years ago. Were you around then? The Broadway area of today has lost a certain charm. I used to work in the area for many years. It's not the same now. So much has been lost and replaced with mega edifices. And yes- when the original theatres (some now restored) were built at the turn of the last century, Times Square was fashionable, not gaudy as later years.

You're right that Times Square has lost it's charm, but to me that's more the fault of the high-rise buildings that occupy the area now and the overall planning of the area, not the lights and signs themselves. In the old Times Square, most of the buildings were only a few stories tall and completely hidden behind the signs. When the signs came down before the buildings were demolished, it exposed the fact that a lot of them were pretty wreched looking, but we never saw them thanks to the signs. Now, you can't help but see some of these wreched high-rises and their bad architecture. I've seen the photos of the area in the 30s, 40s and 50s, and 42nd St. always seemed to have a more 'honky-tonk' atmosphere than the Square itself with a chaotic jumble of signs. Today, the chaos is planned, there is no spontanaity to it.

One of the biggest losses of the theatre district was the Hotel Astor(French-Reinassance) between 44th and 45th streets on Broadway. It had style and elegance, complimenting the theatres around it. Many still feel it was a huge error to tear it down.

Someone's been giving this place some TLC lately. It's starting to resemble itself from when it first opened.
If you catch them on a good day, THIS is the place to see the weeks big blockbuster (try to catch a showing in #13 and don't let them talk you into #12. The sound in 13 is much more impressive and less prone to trouble)
Approximate seating capacities:
#1 - 275
#2 - 225
#3 - 180
#4 - 205
#5 - 205
#6 - 205
#7 - 205
#8 - 205
#9 - 205
#10 - 180
#11 - 180
#12 - 500
#13 - 550

#9 and #12 are prone to sound problems and #13 does have a "ghost" problem that they seem to be working on. However, even the small screens are not that small and overall the sound is usually loud and clear.
This, the Ziegfeld, the Regal Union Square and the Regal Battery Park are the city's best theatres.

According to the 11/2005 Loews directory, the exact seat counts and digital audio processor in each auditorium is:
#01 - 266 - SDDS, 8 channel
#02 - 219 - Dolby 6 ch. + Boeing Digital Projector
#03 - 178 - Dolby 6 ch.
#04 - 199 - Dolby 6 ch.
#05 - 199 - Dolby 6 ch.
#06 - 199 - Dolby 6 ch.
#07 - 199 - Dolby 6 ch.
#08 - 197 - SDDS, 6 ch. + Boeing Digital Projector
#09 - 200 - SDDS, 6 ch.
#10 - 177 - SDDS, 6 ch.
#11 - 176 - SDDS, 6 ch.
#12 - 481 - SDDS, 6 ch.
#13 - 528 - SDDS, 8 ch.
----- 3218 - Total
Movieguy718's approximations are just about right on!

Who gonna get this theatre when the AMC Loews merger closes on 1/27/06?

Not known yet. Clearview may not be expanding, but Regal, National Amusements, and Crown would all seem to be possible.

As of right now, this theatre is AMC Loews E-Walk 13 Theatre.

On the Beekman page, somebody says this theater is being sold to Regal.

I was on 42nd Street the other night for a show with the kids down at the New Victory. I snapped this photo of the marquee at night (and also the Empire across the street):

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/GuanoReturns/42nd%20Street%20Theaters/IMG_1708.jpg

I wonder how long the sign will read "Loews" before AMC sells it off and the new owner slaps their brand onto it. Anyone hear any news on that front?

Sorry, Howard, I read your post of Feb 4th and I meant to ask if there was any updated news on that front confirming the sale to Regal.

Ed, I read somewhere that they had 4 months to divest the theaters. And, probably on this site, I read that Boston's Fenway might also go to Regal. I'm equally eager to hear where Washington D.C.'s Union Station and Wisconsin Avenue will go. National Amusements is an excellent company already in those markets (in the suburbs) and it would be nice if they bought all of those theaters. However, Regal for Boston and NYC was mentioned.

Nice photo, Ed! That blade sign there is fiberoptic - there are no lights on it, the lights are inside the theatre and transmitted through glass fiber cables to the glass prisms that make up each of the letters.

Most of the time that sign is out of order! Either parts are black or they have truoble getting it lit correctly!

Here is another photo of Loews 42nd Street.

Here's the photo again, that I posted on February 26th. I had to reogranize my photobucket account and the old link no longer works.

HAs anybody heard who is going to take over the E-Walk. I know it was one of the theaters AMC had to sell. Also, do we know if AMC is going to continue as AMC/Loews?

Crown may not be a likely buyer, in Florida they cut there losses and closed a theater and sold one to Cobb.

AMC hasn't integrated the two theatres' computer systems yet. I am a member of AMC's frequent patron program, but the cards don't work in the automatic ticket machines in the E-Walk.

Can you use the AMC Entertainment Card at the AMC Loews E-Walk?

I believe AMC won't intergrate the computer system of the E-Walk since it has to be sold, where other former Loews Cineplex Theatres computer systems, such as the 34th Street 14 is able to take the AMC Entertainment Card and the AMc MovieWatcher card.

Mikeoaklandpark, AMC is definitely gonna continue using the Loews name. In the MovieWatcher commerical during the "AMC First Look" with Jay and Silent Bob, the commerical says you can sign up at any AMC or AMC Loews location

What gives with AMC having to divest itself of certain theaters - as per the terms of the merger with Loews? I thought the E-Walk should have been sold by now. What were the deadlines? Is there something in the works?

Here are some of the details that AMC filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its from January of 2006.

Regal has it...

Are they keeping the Loews brand?

No AMC has that...that's why E-walk was sold in the first place...

No AMC has that...that's why E-walk was sold in the first place...

Do you know when the take over will occur? What will happen to that great retro LOEWS sign?

They will redesign the sign to spell the new chain running the house. The only reason that AMC has not changed the signage in those Loews houses is they want to see which houses are profit makers for them. They want to see if the figures that Loews gave them were true, before they spend all that money to redesign all those signs at those Loews houses.

I suppose the letters can (and will) be changed to read "REGAL" pretty easily. A pity. That has to be the most prominent "Loews" sign in NYC.

September I believe. The problem with Regal is the lack of a kitchen Menu so sadly that will go out the window. Anyway I prefer Regal to AMC anyway...

whats a kitchen menu?

The Nathan's stuff et al.

So, concessions stand deals are made with the theater chain and not one-off with the individual theater locations? Does that mean if Loews had a contract with Nathan's, the agreement would now extend to AMC theaters as a result of the merger? I'm not sure if you mentioned Nathan's in particular because they have a stand in the E-Walk, but if they did have an agreement with Loews, it wasn't exclusive. There is a Nathan's/Sbarro's stand in the lobby of the College Point Multiplex in Queens, run by National Amusements.

For my part, I'm perfectly happy with popcorn, soda and candy when I go the movies. I'm not particularly concerned with wrestling a foot-long and some cheese-fries while trying to enjoy the movie. I leave that for trips to Astroland and Dino's Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island.

It seems unlikely Regal will keep the Nathins menu items around - I don't know Regal Cinemas as well as I know Loews, AMC and National Amusements but I don't recall any Regal Cinemas serving hot foods. AMC did keep the hot food items around when they aquired Loews and further back when they aquired General Cinema but as far as I know didn't add a fast food line up to any new constructions.

Regal are going to have an artist come in and change the Loews lettering in the artwork but otherwise the attitude and theme of E-walk will be maintained. No word on whether Regal will keep the food but I doubt it heavily...

Was the vertical LOEWS sign here rescued from some other demolished Loew's theatre, or was it built new for this theatre?

I think it's a modern interpretation of a vintage looking sign, Ron, using computer driven fiber optic technology for illumination.

It was built new for this location.

Regal is supose to take it over on September 1.

Did you know AMC did not offer AM Cinema at E-Walk

Middle of September now I believe...AMC didnt care about E-walk coz they always knew they would have to sell it...

It looks like it will be this coming Friday that Regal will takeover the theatre. (Sept. 15th)

So, did it happen?

Fandango now lists this as the Regal E-Walk Stadium 13.

The newspaper ads say Regal Entertainment, but the LOEWS signs are still up at the Theatre! In fact the LOEWS Theatres Signs are still up at the Virgin Megastore and the Loes State has been closed for months!

I guess the title for this "Treasure" should be changed to Regal E-Walk"! I'll miss the beautiful Loew's sign. It won't be the same if they change it to Regal.

Those signs could be up for a long time. There are plenty of theatres across the U.S. that still have signs for a chain that has not been in charge for many years.

But since it's in the Times Square market area, Regal might change it out pretty quick.

Although Regal operates many theatres under the original names of theatre chains they assimilated even though those chains no longer exist as a corporate entity (United Artists is a prime example of this), I doubt that Regal could legally retain the Loews name lest they want to incur the ire of AMC.

Especially since AMC is continuing to operate many theatres (such as Boston Common) under the Loews brand.

Hasn't AMC adopted the "AMC Loews" name as its corporate name for the acquired theaters? Loew's has a very powerful and historic name in the New York metroplitan area and I think it would would incredibly stupid of AMC to throw that away. The Loew's name should stay, even if it has to be paired with AMC.

I think AMC will definitely continue to use the name - in its hybrid "AMC Loews" form. But the point is that Regal - which now runs the E-Walk - will not be able to continue using the Loews brand.

I was shocked to read in Yahoo Movies that "This theater is permanently closed." So I came straight here and am relieved to find out that it is alive and well as a Regal Cinema.

AMC has indeed adopted the "AMC Loews" name for the former Loews and Cineplex Odeon Theatres. AMC also adopeted the "AMC Magic Johnson" name for Magic Johnson Theatres, and "AMC Star" for Star Theatres.

Fandango currently lists this theater as Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 (with only 6 features listed, although 2 of them are in heavily staggered rotation in several auditriums apiece). Moviefone, which does not offer online ticketing for this facility, is somewhat behind the times, still lists it as AMC Loews 42nd Street E-Walk.

Why doesn't the name REGAL appear anywhere on the exterior of this theater??? They have had plenty of time to erect a new sign.

Very, very strange. Why leave up the name of the previous owner, Loew's ?????? Yes, I read the postings above on this issue.

Thanks

They have Regal on all the glass doors. Maybe they have not gotten all the permits for the sign. Remember this is NYC, not everything is done that fast.

to make that size sign also does not happen overnight

I got mu Regal Crown Card! It is similiar to The AMC Movie watcher card!

During the last few weeks, they have not been lighting up the two Loews signs and neon on the marquee. Only the large vertical Loews sign is in use.

Here is another modern photo of the 42nd Street E-Walk Theater.

Still with Loews signs, after three months?

Well on the reader boards below the marquee that shows the films says "Regal's E-Walk Cinema"

I use Yahoo for listing the theaters I like to go to, and for this theater as AMC Loews they have "no information available" and as Regal E-Walk it's not even listed. How do I get them to update their listings?

Moviefone has this theater listed as AMC Loews 42nd St E-Walk Theater.

Moviefone is wrong, just look at the way they spell "fone".....have the other former AMC, now Regal sites changed? I know when AMC took over General Cinema it was a few months before the exterior signs switched over, and considering this is a huge sign in times square there are probably other issues there. It's better to keep something up there (AMC didn't cover the General Cinema signs) than nothing - Regal/UA ran the Columbia Park theater in North Bergen without a sign on it as it was "transitioning" to UA (even thought it never did and transitioned back to Regal, which made calling it UA Columbia Park pointless, where as Battery Park did actually transition to being a UA, including sign changes, but the signs now have changed to Regal). But there is no way in hell AMC would permit the site to be known as Regal Loews E-Walk.

Well, Yahoo! Movies lists this theater as AMC Loews E-Walk 13. It also claims "This theater is permanently closed".

Fandango seems to be the only one of the major movie-listing sites to have been properly updated, listing the theater as Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 (which is how Regal itself lists the theater).

But Yahoo movie is showing it as Regal E-Walk 13: http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/theater?id=9110&date=20061212

Thats strange. Yahoo has two different listings for the same theater. One listing has this theater closed and the other gives a movie listing. It looks like Fandango is the best bet for now.

I was on the Duece Friday night with my camera and grabbed some shots of the doomed Loew's blade sign and its many moods:

Facade & signage
Blade w/ aqua tie-dye look
Canopy lighting
Blade w/ orange hue
Blade and marquee
Blue blade

What a great blade sign that is... The great "Loews" name and a throwback styling, plus modern technology to give the sort of splash worthy of modern day Times Square. What a shame it has to go! As William noted above, you can see that the two "Loews" signs on the marquee and the neon "42nd Street" on the prow of the canopy are not lit.

Was at the theatre last night! The auditorium I was in was dirty, seats had gum on them (bright white lights light up the theatre) , and there was exposed sheatrock on each side of the auditorium. Looked like repair work. There are so many Loews signs as you go up the noisy escalator, it is gonna take alot of paint to cover it! Also, what a seedy crowd! Reminded me of the old 42nd Street crowd, and at 11.00 a seat. When I entered there were no admission prices posted, after I pauid my 11 bucks I asked the gifted and talented ticket seller, "Where are the admission prices"? He replied "I don't know they never posted them" ! lol

Loews was not putting much money into this theatre and when the merger happened it was still a wait and see as to what was repaired. Why put money into something you have to sell, let the next guy pay for it.

Still going to take awhile to change the sign. FYI the reason fandango was the first to correc the name on the theatre is because it was started by REgal and Loews. That is also why the Loews theatres are still on there as the name is tied to Fandango. Amc is tied to Moviefone. Prices were changed to match Union Square prices. Because AMC put no money into the building at the end they also failed to put good product and hurt E-walks reputation with the distributors. Regal is trying to get that back.

As Forrest136 said, the interior design is extremely Loews-oriented, and I recommend that anyone interested in seeing a wealth of old photos and painted recreations of old Loew's theaters should high-tail it here before Regal changes the decor. Which would be a shame, because a lot of time, money and thought obviously went into its eye-popping ambiance.

Regal is a poor housekeeper; they will have to work extra hard at this hardtop.

AMC is not tied to Moviefone. AMC, along with National Amusements, owns Movie Tickets.com,

The reason AMC did not put any money into the E-Walk 13 is because they knew they have to sell the theatre, as mandated by the Department of Justice.

Thats what I meant...movietickets.com...my bad...The photos will eventually go (not because Regal are poor housekeepers) because the Loews name is tied to AMC...It would be like McDonalds buying a Burger King restaurant and keeping the BK logo on the wall...I would say Regal would put up classic theatres of their own up their...but they are a relatively new company compared to Loews...AMC did mess Ewalks rep though...Since the switch over E-walk still has had the worst of the product...Hopefully they will get a fair deal in summer...it would be interesting if Regal used it as a chip though...give the good product to Regal Union Square and let the Empire have the best of Times Sq...

I meant that the reason e-walk is beginning to feel shabby with that 42nd Street flavor is because Regal are poor housekeepers in general, not because of the decor.

And the Mc/BK metaphor reminds me that when Burger King took over the locations of many old Automats, they really did desecrate the places.

E Walk certainly doesn't sound like a CINEMA TREASURE. I wouldn't want to see a movie in such a place.

It's worth a look.

It would be worth a look if you didn't have to pay.

I never knew this once showed porno movies, but that's a claim made in the double March 12-19 "Best of New York" issue of New York Magazine, which calls it the best "Megaplex Movie Theater" around: "While the movies you'll see here-- 'Norbit, the Astronaut Farmer'-- aren't gems, screens 12 and 13 are. First of all, they have a size and sound system that are unrivaled among the city's bigger theaters, along with first-rate projection. The theater's not superclean, but it's better than it used to be, when it showed porno films. Located across from the AMC Empire 25 in Times Square, the E-Walk can attract a participatory crowd. Best to go during off-hours, when the space is so empty it feels like a private screening room."

It's like a recent article in LA Times, that said the Fox Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. was recently bought and turning into a night club. It stated the theatre had been closed and empty for the last 3 decades. The closed 16 years ago. As for "first-rate projection" there thats another story. (Sound drop-outs, flickering bulbs...etc. etc)

REGAL replace the seats with REG seats and painted all the audiotriums

I've been to a REG theater (the one in South Plainfield) and the seats there are pretty good, it's that the sound and picture aren't that great...is this true for the E-Walk now that Regal took over. Looks like this theater will close for good in the future because AMC Empire 25 is getting all the good stuff (digital projection, classic movies, indies)...they should put a sports arena in there or a mall.

Warren... I don't believe the 42nd Street E-Walk (which opened under the Loews banner and sold to Regal after the AMC takeover of Loews was completed) ever showed porno movies. That would have gone completely against the very ideals upon which the "new 42nd Street" and the freshly Giuliani-scrubbed Times Square were built. I think, rather, that the writers of the New York Magazine article are either referring to or confusing the theater with the old Harem Theater - a bona fide XXX porn house carved from former retail space in the early 1970's on the site where the E-Walk now stands.

Warren... I don't believe the 42nd Street E-Walk (which opened under the Loews banner and sold to Regal after the AMC takeover of Loews was completed) ever showed porno movies. That would have gone completely against the very ideals upon which the "new 42nd Street" and the freshly Giuliani-scrubbed Times Square were built. I think, rather, that the writers of the New York Magazine article are either referring to or confusing the theater with the old Harem Theater - a bona fide XXX porn house carved from former retail space in the early 1970's on the site where the E-Walk now stands.

Warren... I don't believe the 42nd Street E-Walk (which opened under the Loews banner and sold to Regal after the AMC takeover of Loews was completed) ever showed porno movies. That would have gone completely against the very ideals upon which the "new 42nd Street" and the freshly Giuliani-scrubbed Times Square were built. I think, rather, that the writers of the New York Magazine article are either referring to or confusing the theater with the old Harem Theater - a bona fide XXX porn house carved from former retail space in the early 1970's on the site where the E-Walk now stands.

I don't believe it either.
I don't believe it either.
And neither do I.

It never showed porno!

I'm going to assume the writer was referring to The Harem Theatre which was was located on the same site but was demolished for the new construction. It's wrong and a huge stretch for him to say the E-Walk showed porno. Maybe he assumed The Harem was reused because the other theatres on the block were renovated, or restored and the AMC's 24 across the street's lobby technically was a grindhouse at one time.

you mean the AMC's 25 screens, BobT. BTW, which theater does more business, the AMC or Regal? I'd say AMC since it's the most popular theater in America. Could CLearview be next if Regal doesn't make any money on the theater?

Or maybe he was referring to the obscene prices at the concession stand.

Why would Clearview go into a theatre that doesn't make money? They had a chance to get the theatre before Regal stepped in to it. A few other chains had the chance too.

Back on Nov. 28th. 2006, I posted that the two Loews signs above the marquee and the neon was not being lit. That changed about a week ago. I noticed that the large Loews vertical sign was not being lit now and the two Loews signs on the marquee are on with the neon.

Back on Nov. 28th. 2006, I posted that the two Loews signs above the marquee and the neon was not being lit. That changed about a week ago. I noticed that the large Loews vertical sign was not being lit now and the two Loews signs on the marquee are on with the neon.

Yeah, I was over there the other day and noticed the vertical was out - I wonder if it is intentional, or is it broken?

Had a great experience there the ther day, although the lobby is becoming torn and ragged , the auditorium I was in was nice redone in great colors and comfort! was very impressed! So superior to the AMC Empire across the street, with its rude and nasty ticket takers and uncomfortable seats!

Just drove by the E Walk, the LOEWS letters have been taken out of the large Vertical sign , It is just a big gray skeleton now with no lights or letters! They will probably be replaced with REGAL , hopefully they will not take it down, as it is a great sign!

Just drove by the E Walk, the LOEWS letters have been taken out of the large Vertical sign , It is just a big gray skeleton now with no lights or letters! They will probably be replaced with REGAL , hopefully they will not take it down, as it is a great sign!

Just drove by the E Walk, the LOEWS letters have been taken out of the large Vertical sign , It is just a big gray skeleton now with no lights or letters! They will probably be replaced with REGAL , hopefully they will not take it down, as it is a great sign!

They should put a huge crown next to the REGAL sign, because Regal's logo is a crown!!!

About an hour ago they finished removing the red LOEWS letters from the top of the marquee. Right now all thats left is the 42nd Street neon lettering and the regular marquee signage.

Hope they put the large sign up again!

How could they not? That would be incredible advertising for Reagal. It even has the same number of letters as Loews! It would also be the quickest way for people to identify this theater with Regal and not Loews. It would be incredibly stupid not to restore the vertical marquee, especially when we're talking about a Times Sqaure theater on 42nd St!

The large vertical sign is back up and running again as of yesterday. It looks pretty much like the former one.

Yes saw it today! Different type of lighting, but it looks good! Surprised there was no crown on it! lol

It's been up for almost a week now. With all that waiting to see what they had planned for it. Well a small part/panel of the L on the westside of the sign was out this morning. They don't make them like they use too.

Loews was always having problems with their sign! Everything is junk today!

Today there is a new banner under the marquee of the theatre that says "Regal Cinemas 13" with something like Always doing things Bigger.

Regal is apparently unbothered by the universal superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.

theatre has new seats and refurbished the cinemas

There's a construction shed up under the marquee, so maybe they're replacing it. It always looked like an bulky afterthought, anyway, compared to the elegant facade and vertical sign, so anything else would be an improvement.

Well the new sign above the marquee is being installed today. It reads REGAL in large red letters and under that Cinemas. All in all the rest of the marquee main frame will stay the same. They might add a few more neon/ flashing light to it.

how does this theater do against the big amc?

They have also added two crown shaped signs at the bases next to the marquees.

that's cool.

The shed under the "REGAL" sign is partially gone and it looks like something (truck or bus) hit the marquee and damaged the front.

The neon crowns look great! What an improvement!

can anyone send me a link to a picture of the regal theater?

The piece that's missing in the center of the marquee used to say something like "Loew's 42nd Street" so I guess they are still waiting for the replacement part that will say "Regal."

That said, the big Regal letters atop the marquee really brighten it up; now they need improved video monitors (that tell the names of the features, etc.) and the outside will be all spiffed up.

According to this link posted by Dave-bronx in 2005, it just said "42nd St.", so it does look like name change if the piece was removed intentionally.

http://www.daktronics.com/photo_detail.cfm?cc=CC04121

what's frightening about that photo is that the theater is straight across from the competition, the AMC. How are the AMC-owned Loews theaters doing against their own brand? I guess Regal has an excellent way of acquiring chains much like Clearview does with smaller theaters in the metro area.

And as marquees go, this one is pretty high off the ground. It would have to be a really BIG truck, like the huge ones used in strip-mining, to crash into it.

I was on the Duece with the kiddies for our last show of the season at the New Vic on Friday night and I snapped these shots of the new Regal signage:

Regal 1
Regal 2
Regal 3
Regal 4
Regal 5

Doesn't look like there was any damage to the marquee - I think the scaffolding in place is merely to protect pedestrians while the sign was refitted. Looks like the canopy was somewhat redesigned as well. Compare the photos above to this photo
from this past December. The Regal design actually has more flair to it.

It would also seem that the "42nd St." sign that came down from the center projection of the canopy was removed on purpose. Evidently, the name of the theater is to be the matter-of-fact non-descript "Regal Cinemas 13." I hate to say it - if only because at least the old name gave this place a unique identity - but the name at the top of this page should probably be updated to reflect that.

That center part of the marquee that once said 42nd Street in neon, has now been replaced with a "Skouras-ized" style gold leaf ornament.

looks stale compared to the Empire 25 marquee!!!

It looks good! They have removed the anodized aluminum and exposed the architect's original marquee design and incorporated the Daktronics' digital display into it better than Loews did. The Regal letters on the blade appear to be fiberoptic, as were the Loews letters, changinig colors and effect. The signs on the marquee look like they are neon.

This place has been improved alot! Nicer interior and many new food items added. now if they can get the AC to work properly!

Here is another recent photo of the 42nd Street E-Walk.

exterior shot nov 2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2008619300/
lobby (check out the terrific deco statues-upper part of the box office)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007759615/

Thanks, Woody for that beautiful lobby photo! All too often, exterior photos of theaters are numerous, but no interiors. I like the E-Walk's lobby. I haven't tried to photo it, but it deserves photos publicly placed such as linked to this site.
Maybe you've got closeups of that ceiling or statues?

Oh, I just looked, Woody, at your exterior photo, and that photo is a real beauty, too.

Another recent exterior view can be seen here.

Man, if those sidewalks could talk!

On Times Square? They'd be going "ouch, ouch, ouch, so much foot traffic"

I think that the E-Walk theater is one of my favorite movie houses in NYC.

I was here last week. They are demolishing the main candy stand (with the elaborate 3-D skyline) and replacing it with something else.

the Box Office
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/2007759615/
stays?

Anyone photo the candy counter's skyline?

Movies that were shown in Digital Projection (DLP) at the 42nd Street E-Walk theater from 2004 to present

7/23/04- Catwoman
10/1/04- Shark Tale
11/24/04- Alexander
12/10/04- Ocean's Twelve
2/18/05- Constantine
5/27/05- Madagascar
11/2/07- Bee Movie
11/21/07- Enchanted
12/14/07- Alvin and the Chipmunks
1/18/08- Cloverfield

Like I said before, the E-Walk is one of my most favorite theaters in NYC today.

My friend and I saw Batman Returns here back in '05. Having driven and braved the drive from Wash DC and having seen Revenge of the Sith at the wonderful Ziegfeld, the same day, I was beat. Needless to say, I slept through probably half the movie. The presentation, from what I did see was immersive and satisfying.

What I do remember is the usher's demanding tickets to enter the theater, on the second level, even after you've proved you belonged there the first time. I guess no one switched theaters or spent the day there watching movies here on one ticket. On another note, there was quite a diversity of the crowd; mostly younger, some professional and the amount of singles spread throughout the theater and then this HUGE big boned man, who decides to sit right next to me even though there were plenty of individual seats around the theater. I suppose he was sitting in his favorite seat. :)

unfortatley, regal is doing the main refreshemnt stand and is distroying more Loews work

It's been destroyed. I can't say that it's not nice, and it's probably a more... efficient design, but it is completely devoid of character. You could be standing in a mall theater in Iowa. HOWEVER, it is still one of the best places to see a movie. And STILL superior to the AMC across the street.

I believe that the box office hit TRANSFORMERS was shown in Digital
Projection here at the E-Walk last year.

Am I the only one who, a short time later, cannot remember which movies he saw here versus which ones he saw across the street? The experiences all runs together when you're in soulless multiplexes and megaplexes.

Yes Ed, ALL multiplexes are cold and soulless. Maybe THAT'S why we like our old treasures so much.

I was there yesterday for the first time , I have no complaints about the theatre.

I don't mean to be sacriligious, but.....I don't believe that all multiplexes are souless and cold. Some of them, like the AMC Empire incorporate some of the old (in this case using the auditorium of the original Empire as the entrance to the multiplex). The reality is that modern theaters can be very enjoyable places to see a film. The chairs are comfortable, hand rests are removable, there are drink holders, the floors are raked or have stadium seating, the screens are huge relative to the size of the theater and the sound excellent (ideally). I mention all of this because I truly love the old movie palaces, but in many of them, the seats were not comfortable, the screens were small (relative to the size of the theater, sound was not the best, etc....

Yes, they were architecturally wondrous and that is why we treasure them, but in the best of the multiplexes, we do have an experience of seeing films in the best possible setting (with the big exception of the archtectural splendor of the setting). I agree that is a BIG exception! :-)

The theatre opened on November 12th, 1999 with the opening engagements being Being John Malkovich (on two screens), American Beauty, Pokemon: The First Movie (on two screens), The Insider (on two screens), Dogma (on two screens) and The Bone Collector (on four screens).

I find it odd that a film in its second week (The Bone Collector) would get more screens than the new films that week (Pokemon, Dogma) or the longer films (Dogma, The Insider) but I guess that's just the industry.

A good well run multiplex in any city can certainly delivery a good movie going experience with variety of product, decent projection and service...I will stump for the two UGC Cine Cite in Paris - Les Halles and Porte Bercy as examples...the former in particular starts screeenings as early as 9:15 on Sunday mornings and as typical in Paris runs a mix of blockbuster and art pictures

I found some photos of the concession stand before and after.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alpha8472/2874276189/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drumaboy/2846945740/

Part of the Regal's vertical sign can be seen in a photo accompanying this article about a new 42nd Street subway entrance:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/nyregion/29metjournal.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=Charles%20Delafuente&st=cse

Renewing link.

This 2004 view reminds me more of Tokyo than NYC:
http://image18.webshots.com/19/8/21/48/224682148dBVKTZ_fs.jpg

In my opinion, the E-Walk is once again the finest place in NYC to see a movie. (Sorry, Ziegfeld)
It's well kept, offers some of the biggest screens in town, has THE BEST sound around, picture is almost always completely on the screen if not always in focus, the staff ranges from outright nice to at-least-not-openly-hostile. And really, these days - what more can you ask for?
I haven't had anything to complain about here in over a year.
Good job, Regal.

this theater closed earlier for new years' eve, will reopen on new year's day.

ALL the theaters in Times Square ALWAYS closed early on New Years Eve.

I had a recent bad experience at this site where the framing was off on the digital presentation of "THIS IS IT" and the speaker identifications were cut-off at the bottom of the screen.

In spite of two complaints, the problem was never resolved.

Photo of the Regal courtesy Nick's Classic Ameriican Theatres.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s254/Pavy1/Regal.jpg