The Azteca was closed by 1960, when my family moved a block away. From then until the late 1970s, the marquee with its big neon signs presided over a closed building. Next door, at the corner of Madison & 102nd, was a Met supermarket. It burned in the late 70s and Red Apple took over that building as well as the Azteca building. The Azteca signage came down and Red Apple signs went up on the marquee.
When Red Apple moved out in the 90s, the original marquee finally came down, leaving no remaining evidence of any movie theater at all.
Yes, the Cooperstown Theater was the same as Smalley’s Theatre. I was in Cooperstown from 1970-77; the theater was one of the Main Street activities available. With two showings each evening, the theater had a main seating area on the first floor and a balcony that was closed for the entire time I was there. The stage looked as if it had originally been constructed for stage shows. I have quite a few schedule brochures from the theater. The loss was a tragic one for the town, which has in the years since lost just about everything from Main Street except for the omnipresent baseball souvenir shops. A pity.
The Azteca was closed by 1960, when my family moved a block away. From then until the late 1970s, the marquee with its big neon signs presided over a closed building. Next door, at the corner of Madison & 102nd, was a Met supermarket. It burned in the late 70s and Red Apple took over that building as well as the Azteca building. The Azteca signage came down and Red Apple signs went up on the marquee.
When Red Apple moved out in the 90s, the original marquee finally came down, leaving no remaining evidence of any movie theater at all.
Yes, the Cooperstown Theater was the same as Smalley’s Theatre. I was in Cooperstown from 1970-77; the theater was one of the Main Street activities available. With two showings each evening, the theater had a main seating area on the first floor and a balcony that was closed for the entire time I was there. The stage looked as if it had originally been constructed for stage shows. I have quite a few schedule brochures from the theater. The loss was a tragic one for the town, which has in the years since lost just about everything from Main Street except for the omnipresent baseball souvenir shops. A pity.