This should not say it was also known as the Pine Drive-In. The two were separate theatres at different times in different locations (albeit only about two blocks away.)
The problem is that land in the Northeast is too valuable. In Connecticut we only have two left and I don’t see anyone opening a new one because there would be no way to afford the land.
Check the Hartford Courant archives at iconn.net. That is what the articles from 1996 about its reopening say. Possibly it could’ve been retned out occasionally before that during the years it was closed?
I’m not sure this should be classified as demolished. The property still is vacant, but the concession building remains and is currently used for storage.
Go to http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=496 to view my photos of interior demolition last fall. I especially like where you can see the wall between the two auditoriums removed, but both screens still hanging. It was sad to see the Elm in such a state. It has been gutted further since then.
Exact address was 961 Albany Ave. It is demolished and there is now a gas station there. I believe this is also now the most crime-ridden location in the entire city according to a Hartford Courant study.
Opened in 1937, the Webster was designed and owned by Albert Shulman. It closed in 1986, but reopened in 1996. His daughter still owns and operates the theatre today. The Shulmans also owned the now-demolished Rivoli on Park Street in Hartford and the now-vacant Plaza in Windsor.
I remember seeing a movie at the Webster in the mid-80’s as a young child during its brief run as a family-oriented cinema.
Joel: Check out CinemaTour.com – I’ve got photos on there of porno theatres that still currently operate in Hartford, CT; New Haven, CT; Troy, NY;, and Syracuse, NY. I know there are others on there as well.
Obviously the Park did not reopen in summer 2004. Or summer 2006. It will not reopen anytime in the foreseeable future as renovations have stalled.
This should not say it was also known as the Pine Drive-In. The two were separate theatres at different times in different locations (albeit only about two blocks away.)
shoe: How could you miss the building? There’s a huge, brand-new arts magnet school where this theatre used to be.
Cinestudio in Hartford, CT should be on any top movie theatres list.
How ironic that Blockbuster Video, which helped kills theatres, took over this space. It did the same thing in Westerly, RI.
The problem is that land in the Northeast is too valuable. In Connecticut we only have two left and I don’t see anyone opening a new one because there would be no way to afford the land.
They are still open http://www.haars.com/
So this is not thew original triplex building added onto and carved up? It’s a totally different building?
Also known as the Playhouse.
The former KMart store is where the drive-in stood. The Loews cinema is where an auto racetrack was.
This theatre was at 124 Bay St. The building is currently Saki’s Pizza House but is threatened with demolition to build condominiums.
Does this building still stand? If so, what is it now?
This drive-in was on Scott Swamp Rd. in Farmington.
Check the Hartford Courant archives at iconn.net. That is what the articles from 1996 about its reopening say. Possibly it could’ve been retned out occasionally before that during the years it was closed?
Bridgeport didn’t offer first run films?
Isn’t the Narragansett Theater still open?
I’m not sure this should be classified as demolished. The property still is vacant, but the concession building remains and is currently used for storage.
Go to http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=496 to view my photos of interior demolition last fall. I especially like where you can see the wall between the two auditoriums removed, but both screens still hanging. It was sad to see the Elm in such a state. It has been gutted further since then.
Exact address was 961 Albany Ave. It is demolished and there is now a gas station there. I believe this is also now the most crime-ridden location in the entire city according to a Hartford Courant study.
Opened in 1937, the Webster was designed and owned by Albert Shulman. It closed in 1986, but reopened in 1996. His daughter still owns and operates the theatre today. The Shulmans also owned the now-demolished Rivoli on Park Street in Hartford and the now-vacant Plaza in Windsor.
I remember seeing a movie at the Webster in the mid-80’s as a young child during its brief run as a family-oriented cinema.
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Maybe he’s just loves watching porn on 20 foot high screens.
There’s no way the Webster was still open and showing films as late as 1990.
Joel: Check out CinemaTour.com – I’ve got photos on there of porno theatres that still currently operate in Hartford, CT; New Haven, CT; Troy, NY;, and Syracuse, NY. I know there are others on there as well.
Any word on progress of this project?