IFC Center
323 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10003
323 6th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10003
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The twinning of this theater was terrible. When you went into the balcony theater you walked in right by the screen almost on top of it. They had great curtains and masking prior to twinning. The Sutton was the same thing.
The Village East (Century) and IFC (Waverly) did not show movies prior to 1937. The Empire (Eltinge) showed movies in 1917. All three have had additions and reconfigurations. None of the three were built for movies.
The Empie Theater just a lobby, the theater was built upstairs. The Village East is old
Aren’t you forgetting the Empire?
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including the closing for renovations and the different configurations is this the oldest operating movie theater in Manhattan?
For a time, it was operated by Cineplex Odeon, and it over-charge customers for concessions. I believe the Village Voice may have ran a story about it.
Please update, became the Waverly 1 and 2 on October 30, 1981, grand opening ad in photos section
PLEASE update, the two additional screens next to the main theatre. When it open 2005, it was a cafe IFC converted to make the two added theatres. Grand Opening ad posted.
Two exterior photos at the start of a “Forgotten New York” article on crosstown Third Street can be viewed here
IFC Center open on June 17, 2005 Please Update
Added a photo of the Waverly in 1940, to the Gallery.
Theater was built in the 1930’s
What does IFC stand for?
My favorite theater for “midnight shows.” Remember seeing BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR and FRANKENHOOKER in particular.
This whole business of reserved seats and recliners is outrageous and pricey.
What new Landmark megaplex? are you referring to the 8 screener they announced? A megaplex meant many more screens.
They should renovate this theater like what they’re doing with Landmark’s new megaplex and add reserved seating and recliners.
I’ve never been there but after reading many reviews I think I will not attend this theater. Why pay $14+ to see a movie with a small screen, bad ambience and questionable projection. I have a big 80" screen and projector at my home. I went to the Angelika a while back and was not impressed at all, I like Film Forum though.
The Cornelia Street facade looks like one of the New School’s outposts in the West Village. I hope they can make it work – 6 new screens is great (I just hope they’re more like the original theaters and not theater #5 – which appears to be getting flipped around in the new design – hopefully that’ll will mean a bigger screen. They may want to reconsider how the theaters will be numbered too – it may be a confusing building to navigate with a few theaters downstairs, two theaters upstairs in one part of the building, and a few on floors 2 and 3 in another part of the building (presumably accessed differently – – although maybe not – it looks like they’re relocating the elevator).
Thanks for that Al, They could make it blend in a little bit better with the existing architecture on Cornelia St. instead of making it look like every other modern building that’s built nowadays. Looks like they also wanted to shift the ticket booth over and have it flanked by a set of doors on either side at the front entrance.
The rejected expansion rear exterior design can be seen here.
Thanks Ken Roe, you can see those bare brick walls in auditorium #1. I remember being at the Waverly many years ago, for some reason I remember it being more on the modern side of theatre design.
Yes, It was gutted back to the bare brick walls. I saw it being done on a visit I made to NYC in early-2005. Nothing of the original interior decorations were saved.
When they converted this place from the Waverly to the IFC, did they basically gut it to the bare walls? I was here for Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte last night in Auditorium #1 and all I could see was bare brick walls & exposed ceiling duct-work, talk about the lack of ambiance. Guess that unfinished style is in nowadays, the post industrial grungy half finished style.
An expansion to 11 screens is on the books: http://www.indiewire.com/article/exclusive-new-yorks-ifc-center-plans-to-expand-location-more-than-doubling-screens-and-seats-20150826