Pioneer Theater
155 East Third Street,
New York,
NY
10009
155 East Third Street,
New York,
NY
10009
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So what has become of Two Boots' basement now that the theater is closed?
Quite true, mp775.
Once the Sunshine on Houston re-opened it made this theatre even less viable for the newbys.
The photo link posted on Dec 3, 2008 isn’t working for me. Here is a new link to that photo.
“Thank you, gentrification!”
Edward, I think the Pioneer was more a product of gentrification than a victim of it.
Here is a photo from September of 2008.
I too was a frequent patron of the Two Boots Pioneer theatre since 2004 and I will certainly miss it when it finally closes after tomorrow’s farewell party at 6PM, which I will be there. In my opinion it was the best independent little single movie theatre in NYC and it was a miracle that it lasted almost 9 years since it’s opening in 2000, when it was not economically feaseable to open a new single movie house in this era of multiplexes. It will certainly leva a void in this area and that leaves only the Ziegfeld and Paris theatres as the only single movie theatres in Manhattan.
I kind of got the idea that this theatre never did that well. The fare always seemed to be too obscure, even for New York.
Thank you, gentrification!
I wasn’t the biggest fan of the Pioneer as a movie theatre (I generally hate anything small boxy theatres with no ambiance) but they had some of the best alternate programming I’ve ever seen. I’d love to run a theatre like it in Los Angeles, if I had deeper pockets and a better space to do it in.
It pains me to write this, as I am the Gena H. who contributed the original description, but Pioneer Theater is closing following Halloween. There will be a party to remember this great theater in November. Check their web site for more details. Another Lower East Side casualty. New York is losing every last bit of fun it had.
The Pioneer Theater opened in February 2000. The first film shown was the documentary The Blank Generation.
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I was down here on Sunday. One thing I don’t like about the theatre if the rake, or lack of, of the theatre. If people sit up front, it blocks the view.
hardbop,
I think you’re referring to the Hollywood
Anyone notice a few blocks north of Two Boots Pioneer, on Avenue A, on the East Side of a Street a building that looks like it was a theatre. It has been closed for years. There are retail stores on the ground floor. Anyone know the name of that theatre, if it was a theatre?
One of the funkiest, most enjoyable places to catch a flick in the city; in the spirit of its programming at least, the closest thing around to the lamented and long-closed Bleecker Street Cinemas.
Actually http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/ gets you to the main page of the Pioneer Theater rather than the theater info page.