Plaza Theater

The Plaza Theatre is located at 282 Broad Street and it seated 555 people.

It is a tragedy that no one has reopened this theatre. I have been inside and it is still in great shape, even though it is dirty. It would not take an extraordinary amount of money to get the Plaza up and running again. Other issues do exist, though. Apparently the landlord will not lease the space, for he will only sell the entire building with storefronts and apartments for over $700,000. Also "environmental problems" exist in the basement and clean-up costs can run high.

Michael: Try your bank manager.

Hey Michael: Believe it or not, this theatre actually IS under consideration for use by a symphony orchestra. Word is that the Hartford Symphony Orchestra is considering turning the Plaza into their rehearsal space.

The Plaza opened circa 1940-41 and had Pauline W. Shulman as architect. Shulman's other Connecticut theatre was the 910-seat Webster in Hartford, which opened in 1937 and was converted into a nightclub in the 1990s.

Shulman also owned those two theatres in addition to the since-demolished Rivoli near the corner of Park & New Park in Hartford. Shulman's family still owns and operates the Webster Theatre.

I can't seem to find any information on the sale of this theater, or even any recent information on the status of the sale. Does anyone know where I can find this information? Perhaps the owner?

This is a great old Marquee, it would look awesome all relit with new neon.

There has been now sale as far as I know. It is still stuck in limbo due to environmental problems. Contact the town of Windsor's economic development commission for details on current ownership and listing agent.

I was in thew Plaza today. It stills sits abandoned with everything still remaining: the seats, the screens, the speakers, and even the projector.

Has anything changed here?

Hey, can the guy who runs The Witches Dungeon use this as a theater for his films or no?

Is this still sitting empty?

Here is a recent photo of the Plaza Theater.

I was biking in Windsor last week and saw it for the first time. The marquee is oool and quite wooden from the underside, it has one lightbulb left in and the rest are not. The marquee now reads from both sides, "Welcome to Windsor and the Art Center in RR Freight House."

There are 2 stores still open on the ground level and the rest are either closed or under construction. The alley on the left side had a door open to the back of the salon and up the stairs, the door was closed. For some reason, I didn't go down the other flight to open the door.

Around to the other end was a sign that had Plaza in the name and I went upstairs. They were apartments, and it felt like a rooming house and the hallway was quite stuffy. If you went out front and looked up at the second floor, you'd see curtains and ACs.

I worked at the Plaza between 1981 - 1993. I'll have to dig up my old photos and post them.

1986 Photo