Paramount Theatre
195 Market Street,
Newark,
NJ
07102
195 Market Street,
Newark,
NJ
07102
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Article about “Joker” with screen shots of the “Newart”.
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-the-posters-in-joker?fbclid=IwAR272uX2clL7gbBrmAVGVasKNapa44d1-r9Xd8wETK3yh0nf5kq1KpRiLpI
Don’t you mean “marquee?”
I loved seeing the Marquis prominently displayed in Joker.
DaveM, no they actually welded a T on for the filming, then replaced it. I was working at the arena last year when they were filming.
The Newark Paramount shows up as the “NEWART” in Joker, in the first scene where Arthur is twirling a sign for a going out of business sale at a neighboring store. I assume they digitally added the “T” (after physically removing the “K”.) I too hope the K was put back!
HowardBHass only the K is off. It now reads NEWAR.
MarkP, I hope they put the Newark letters back on after the film shoot!
While working at the arena yesterday, I took a walk by the paramount where they are getting ready for a new Warner Brothers film shoot next week. They took the “K” off of Newark on the marquee. The workers said its because they cant have Newark in the film. They will also be shooting on the road by the Adams theatre.
Ha, I didn’t catch that. Had my contacts in for 10 hours…
though both the Paramount vertical blade sign and the Newark letters on the marquee are iconic of the city of Newark, the renderings show those words replaced by Pharmacy!
Mixed-use project in the planning stages, that would preserve the facade with a new building behind it.
https://jerseydigs-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/jerseydigs.com/redevelopment-plan-moving-forward-paramount-theater-newark/amp/
This article covers the Paramount and all the other vacant Newark theatres.
http://www.messynessychic.com/2017/12/19/in-neward-nj-the-number-of-abandoned-theatres-lying-around-is-kind-of-a-problem/
I was just in Newark today for a job interview and while I was taking a selfie of myself in front of the marquee…I was berated by local denizens “is that your welcome sign?”. I am educated and have no idea what they were saying…but it is such a shame that this place is not open. I have a certain cinephilic thirst for movie palaces…I have been told that it is tragically in horrible shape internally :( Apparently, they haven’t had anything inside for 30 years or better…
The Paramount is one of the 24 theaters in my new book, “After the Final Curtain: The Fall of the American Movie Theater,” which is available on Amazon or your local bookstore
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/one_mans_fight_to_save_the_paramount_di_ionno.html#incart_river_index
I doubt the theater will be saved, but it’s nice to see someone cares.
Patsy, you think these two are bad, you should see the pictures of the Proctors Theatre in Newark.
Can’t believe this nor how the Adams looks! Is anything being done to restore these historical sites?
Was just in Newark working at the arena 2 weeks ago. Walked by all 3 of these theatres. Such a shame how they just sit there and rot away.
markp yes I remember seeing the name Proctor on a wall when I went to see the Adams.
Willburg145, you know that the Proctors also stands in Newark, not far from the Adams.
I was in the area today and took some photos of the Paramount and one of the Adams'….I doubt these movie palaces will be resurrected. But I hope I’m wrong.
I would just like to add to what LuisV said. I work as a stagehand at the prudential center. Most times I get parking in the deck next door. But there are times, as was the case a week ago after the Stones concert, that I had to park blocks away on the street. The first time a year or so ago I was nervous about doing this, but now, even at 4 am I felt safe and ok. As far as the Paramount, as well as the Adams and the Proctors, it is truely a shame they are just rotting away. Its too bad years ago when they were building the NJPac that someone didnt just think about saving these structures, which still have more beauty than anything new built today.
It’s utter nonsense that you need a “police escort” to get from the train station to Prudential Center. That said, HDTV267 is right about most old theaters just being a piece of real estate to their owners. That’s a fact. He is also correct that the Paramount is in a terrible location and very far gone. I certainly wouldn’t invest money in this location when there are many other theaters in much better locations that would have a better shot a sustaining themselves after restoration. Mind you, I don’t have the money to restore any theater, but if I did, it wouldn’t be for this one. :–)
Tom De Poto writes in the The Star-Ledger “Newark OKs early plan to revitalize the Four Corners downtown district” on December 19, 2012 that a rehab plan is in the early stages of development as part of the Four Corners Millennium Plan in which the Paramount is “slated to have 2 floors of retail and the the remaining floors will house 220 housing units”, contingent on landmark preservation approvals and receipt of New Jersey Urban Transit Hub tax credit; funding may come in part from Goldman Sachs. See mention: http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2012/12/newark_oks_early_plan_to_revit.html#incart_river_default
Was over in Newark yesterday, grabbed a few shots of the Paramount.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aonghais/7844531580/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aonghais/7844532228/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aonghais/7844532774/
Cheers!