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PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Bliss Theatre on Feb 12, 2009 at 12:47 pm

Thank you, Ross, for your attention and help !

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Bushwick Theatre on Feb 12, 2009 at 10:02 am

Yes, LuisV, it’s a Catholic church. There’s lots about it on the Bushwick Buddies website.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Feb 12, 2009 at 8:39 am

Good work, Warren and Bway, and thanks. Let’s keep on this.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Meserole Theatre on Feb 12, 2009 at 8:35 am

Wow, Bway, almost like, and even “better” than, the RKO Madison.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Madison Theatre on Feb 12, 2009 at 7:20 am

Thanks for the date correction, Bob F. Missed the Stooges on stage at the Madison. I vaguely remember hearing they were going to appear there live.

I saw “Premature Burial” at the Madison, summer 1962, also.

Grover Cleveland High School had its 1965 and 1972 graduations there.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Bushwick Theatre on Feb 12, 2009 at 7:12 am

It’s also a picture of the Bushwick before it was the RKO Bushwick.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Theater on Feb 12, 2009 at 7:10 am

Thanks, Prov. and ticketseller, for all these Kerouac details !

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Bushwick Theatre on Feb 11, 2009 at 7:01 am

Thanks, Bob F.

Thanks, Jayar1, and welcome.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Film Forum on Feb 10, 2009 at 11:43 am

YankeeMike, when was Film Forum forced to close its 57 Watts St. location ? Summer 1990 ? The last summer Sci Fi festival I attended was 1989.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Didn’t think you were, LuisV !

Thanks for the pic, Lost Memory !

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 2:13 pm

Yes, Lost Memory, that’s true.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 1:09 pm

Thanks, Lost Memory. I don’t get it, either.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 12:50 pm

True, all, Bway. Thanks.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 12:48 pm

When did the RKO Keith’s Richmond Hill stop showing movies ? 1968 ? 1970 ?

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Keith's Richmond Hill Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 12:46 pm

Good points, Bway. Thanks.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 11:33 am

Maybe. The Ridgewood’s already a five-plex, and would require less interior work than the Austin, which was a single cinema. But would an art house cinema thrive in Ridgewood when the Ridgewood did not thrive as a first-run mainstream cinema ?

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 11:23 am

Thanks, LuisV and Bway. I’d forgotten about the stage area and Hank’s Billiards upstairs.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about RKO Bushwick Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 11:20 am

True, Bway.

Thanks, Bob Furmanek ! That’s an average of seven theaters a day !

Nyuk nyuk nyuk !

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 10:50 am

That’s true, Bway. The most direct route from Ridgewood to Forest Hills that I know of, and I walked this way many times, is Myrtle to Cooper to Yellowstone to Austin to Continental, and there you are in busy downtown Forest Hills. The only part of it with a bus is Myrtle (Q55).

I was expressing my opinion that Ridgewood should have a movie theatre, and that it should be the Ridgewood, within walking distance of much of Ridgewood and Bushwick. I was not commenting on the likelihood of the Ridgewood being restored to full time operation as a movie theater, but, while we’re on the subject, what would it take to upgrade the Ridgewood to a state of the art multiplex cinema (like the Midway in Forest Hills, only smaller) and, once this was done, would it make enough money to survive ?

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 9:28 am

I’ll have my say, LuisV.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 9:27 am

Thanks, Warren.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Commodore Cinemas on Feb 9, 2009 at 9:24 am

No, Anniegirl, I’ve had no similar experiences. I am now 53 years of age.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 8:24 am

Just about.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Ridgewood Theatre on Feb 9, 2009 at 7:39 am

What about them ? They’re four or five miles away from the Ridgewood Theatre and the center of Ridgewood.

PeterKoch
PeterKoch commented about Commodore Cinemas on Feb 9, 2009 at 7:23 am

Good point, Billburg. Thanks.

Thanks for posting for me, LuisV.

No, Anniegirl, I didn’t mean to say there were shantytowns in Williamsburg. All I was saying was that, just as nature abhors a vacuum, vacant lots tend to be squatted on by the homeless, who are perhaps afraid of being robbed, raped, and murdered in the NYC shelters, kids play baseball, or other games, in them; in general, unused vacant horizontal space tends to become used again very soon.

John D., I agree wholeheartedly with you about the destruction of the Commodore Theatre.