I lived several houses down on 74th street and could see the Arion from my stoop (YES we all had stoops back then).The Arion was a staple growing up in MV,on saturdays all the kids on 74th street went to the matinee’s which were usually cartoons or Disney movies.The 1st movie I can remember seeing was “Chitty chitty bang bang” with my grandfather. I was in the Arion with my father when the big blackout of ‘77 hit,ironically the movie that had just started was “Black Sunday”. On saturdays at midnight in the 70’s they showed XXX movies for a time. The last movie I remember seeing there was a midnight showing of “The rocky horror picture show” when it 1st came out (stupid us thought it was a horror movie…who knew? )Movies were only $1 and I think I still have a ticket stub around. We used to sit on the steps to watch parades or just to hang out until we got chased away when it opened. We lovingly referred to it as “THE ITCH”. It was a sad day when the theatre closed,multiplexes like the Midway were the new thing and single
screen theatres were no good any more. I remember the bldg sat empty for some time because the price tag at the time was so high ($600,000 …hind site is 20/20 huh?) The whole “Avenue” as it was know has changed,I miss the old neighborhood.
I lived several houses down on 74th street and could see the Arion from my stoop (YES we all had stoops back then).The Arion was a staple growing up in MV,on saturdays all the kids on 74th street went to the matinee’s which were usually cartoons or Disney movies.The 1st movie I can remember seeing was “Chitty chitty bang bang” with my grandfather. I was in the Arion with my father when the big blackout of ‘77 hit,ironically the movie that had just started was “Black Sunday”. On saturdays at midnight in the 70’s they showed XXX movies for a time. The last movie I remember seeing there was a midnight showing of “The rocky horror picture show” when it 1st came out (stupid us thought it was a horror movie…who knew? )Movies were only $1 and I think I still have a ticket stub around. We used to sit on the steps to watch parades or just to hang out until we got chased away when it opened. We lovingly referred to it as “THE ITCH”. It was a sad day when the theatre closed,multiplexes like the Midway were the new thing and single
screen theatres were no good any more. I remember the bldg sat empty for some time because the price tag at the time was so high ($600,000 …hind site is 20/20 huh?) The whole “Avenue” as it was know has changed,I miss the old neighborhood.
I lived several houses down on 74th street and could see the Arion from my stoop (YES we all had stoops back then).The Arion was a staple growing up in MV,on saturdays all the kids on 74th street went to the matinee’s which were usually cartoons or Disney movies.The 1st movie I can remember seeing was “Chitty chitty bang bang” with my grandfather. I was in the Arion with my father when the big blackout of ‘77 hit,ironically the movie that had just started was “Black Sunday”. On saturdays at midnight in the 70’s they showed XXX movies for a time. The last movie I remember seeing there was a midnight showing of “The rocky horror picture show” when it 1st came out (stupid us thought it was a horror movie…who knew? )Movies were only $1 and I think I still have a ticket stub around. We used to sit on the steps to watch parades or just to hang out until we got chased away when it opened. We lovingly referred to it as “THE ITCH”. It was a sad day when the theatre closed,multiplexes like the Midway were the new thing and single
screen theatres were no good any more. I remember the bldg sat empty for some time because the price tag at the time was so high ($600,000 …hind site is 20/20 huh?) The whole “Avenue” as it was know has changed,I miss the old neighborhood.
I lived several houses down on 74th street and could see the Arion from my stoop (YES we all had stoops back then).The Arion was a staple growing up in MV,on saturdays all the kids on 74th street went to the matinee’s which were usually cartoons or Disney movies.The 1st movie I can remember seeing was “Chitty chitty bang bang” with my grandfather. I was in the Arion with my father when the big blackout of ‘77 hit,ironically the movie that had just started was “Black Sunday”. On saturdays at midnight in the 70’s they showed XXX movies for a time. The last movie I remember seeing there was a midnight showing of “The rocky horror picture show” when it 1st came out (stupid us thought it was a horror movie…who knew? )Movies were only $1 and I think I still have a ticket stub around. We used to sit on the steps to watch parades or just to hang out until we got chased away when it opened. We lovingly referred to it as “THE ITCH”. It was a sad day when the theatre closed,multiplexes like the Midway were the new thing and single
screen theatres were no good any more. I remember the bldg sat empty for some time because the price tag at the time was so high ($600,000 …hind site is 20/20 huh?) The whole “Avenue” as it was know has changed,I miss the old neighborhood.