Dan Jablonski and I have been given a grand tour of the church (movie theater) interior and shown the boarded-up store fronts which are actually accessed from inside the church. They are now classrooms and nurseries for the attending church member's children.
Dear Willburg145,
Yes, I have a few and I am going back to video tape inside if allowed. I am not sure how to post photos here. When I figure it out I’ll put them up.
Nick
The Pentecostal Church still remains! This past December 2012 I was allowed entrance into the building by the parishioners of that church, who were amazed by the fact that I had previously known the church as a movie theater. Although they were aware of this themselves, none of them were actual members at the time of the transition. The interior has been modified to accommodate the church (the glass paneled wall that separated the seating from the candy counter and the candy counter have been removed and the seats were replaced with church benches) but much of the Art Deco architecture remains(the terrazzo floors, the banisters, the brushed steel and brass movie poster display cases and light fixtures). The lone etched glass light panel at the curve in the stairs still exists undamaged after 76 years. (They even opened the panel to show me the electrical lighting system. I was given unfettered access to every part of the building, even the hallowed projection room. The church owners have also purchased some of the storefronts on Randall Avenue and have incorporated them into the church building. From the street they look like shuttered stores but inside they are school rooms and nurseries for the congregants.
Dear Mark,
Nick (bipolardisorder) Naclerio
Dear Willburg145, Yes, I have a few and I am going back to video tape inside if allowed. I am not sure how to post photos here. When I figure it out I’ll put them up. Nick
The Pentecostal Church still remains! This past December 2012 I was allowed entrance into the building by the parishioners of that church, who were amazed by the fact that I had previously known the church as a movie theater. Although they were aware of this themselves, none of them were actual members at the time of the transition. The interior has been modified to accommodate the church (the glass paneled wall that separated the seating from the candy counter and the candy counter have been removed and the seats were replaced with church benches) but much of the Art Deco architecture remains(the terrazzo floors, the banisters, the brushed steel and brass movie poster display cases and light fixtures). The lone etched glass light panel at the curve in the stairs still exists undamaged after 76 years. (They even opened the panel to show me the electrical lighting system. I was given unfettered access to every part of the building, even the hallowed projection room. The church owners have also purchased some of the storefronts on Randall Avenue and have incorporated them into the church building. From the street they look like shuttered stores but inside they are school rooms and nurseries for the congregants.