Pagoda Theatre

AlAlvarez on January 22, 2010 at 2:25 pm

“Fist of Fury” ad for the Pagoda in 1972.

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seanjung on August 7, 2008 at 11:19 pm

Here it is again.
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lostmemory on October 18, 2006 at 3:53 pm

NY Times May 29, 1964, Friday
By SAM ZOLOTOW

“CHINATOWN TO SEE MOVIES IN PAGODA; Opening of New Theater to Follow a Dragon Dance:

After several postponements, the Pagoda Theater, a Chinese motion-picture house at 11 East Broadway, on the corner of Catherine Street, will open its doors Monday afternoon. Paul R. Screvane, president of the City Council, will be guest of honor at the ceremony, which is scheduled for 2:45 P.M".

lostmemory on September 2, 2005 at 5:54 am

Damien….If you have access to C/O files, check certificate 68670. In 1970 the city lists this building as having a 532 seat theater on the first floor and 144 seats in the balcony. So this was a 676 seat theater total.

Warren G. Harris on August 24, 2005 at 5:31 am

The Pagoda was the first purpose-built cinema in Chinatown and opened on May 29, 1964 with the filmed opera, “Chin Heung Ling.” Programs changed once a week. Most of the movies had English sub-titles and were produced in Hong Kong and/or Taiwan. Poy G. Lee was the architect. The auditorium seated 502 (352 in the orchestra and 150 in the balcony). Owner-builder Catherine Enterprises spent $400,000 on the project, including $100,000 for the ground site, which was previously occupied by a branch of Ira Haupt & Company stockbrokers. The cinema had a three-tiered pagoda jutting upward from the roof’s corner at East Broadway and Catherine Streets. At 1964 opening, the Pagoda had three Chinatown rivals, all converted from original commercial buildings: the 550-seat Governor at 5 Chatham Square, the 500-seat World at 93 Bowery, and the 700-seat Sun Sing at 75 East Broadway.