Even water-damaged plaster dust can be repaired…… once something has been destroyed at the level the Nortown has (according to “Larserik”) it is gone forever. Too bad there are so many merceniary-hearted people in this world.
I truly believe my great passion for movies and cinema started in the halls of this beautiful theatre…. I also lived across the street(On Claremont). I have fond memories of running up to the third floor porch of our building Friday mornings to see what new movie was playing. After which I’d run to the phone and start planning a Saturday Matinee outing with my friends. It was at the Nortown that I, my kid brother and sister (along with just about every other kid in the neighborhood) saw the first, second and third (now fourth, fifth and sixth respectively) Star Wars. I remember looking up at the starlit ceiling and pretending that I too was in space….. It was hearbreaking when they destroyed it (multiplex) and it is even more heartwrenching to hear the condition that it is in now.
As a child I would fantasize that I was a princess and the beautiful Nortown was my palace ….. although I did wonder if a phantom lived in the basement……… Many, many happy memories linger in that old building, especially for the overactive imagination of one particular little girl. To me the Nortown will always conjure images of old movies, musicals, and a much quainter time. Things that should not be forgotten.
Even water-damaged plaster dust can be repaired…… once something has been destroyed at the level the Nortown has (according to “Larserik”) it is gone forever. Too bad there are so many merceniary-hearted people in this world.
I truly believe my great passion for movies and cinema started in the halls of this beautiful theatre…. I also lived across the street(On Claremont). I have fond memories of running up to the third floor porch of our building Friday mornings to see what new movie was playing. After which I’d run to the phone and start planning a Saturday Matinee outing with my friends. It was at the Nortown that I, my kid brother and sister (along with just about every other kid in the neighborhood) saw the first, second and third (now fourth, fifth and sixth respectively) Star Wars. I remember looking up at the starlit ceiling and pretending that I too was in space….. It was hearbreaking when they destroyed it (multiplex) and it is even more heartwrenching to hear the condition that it is in now.
As a child I would fantasize that I was a princess and the beautiful Nortown was my palace ….. although I did wonder if a phantom lived in the basement……… Many, many happy memories linger in that old building, especially for the overactive imagination of one particular little girl. To me the Nortown will always conjure images of old movies, musicals, and a much quainter time. Things that should not be forgotten.