I saw allot of movie here as a child. back when the theater was owned by a lady lovingly called “Minnie Mouse”. Well, maybe she was not the owner. i am not sure. i also remember her husband. He used to dribble allot and had very strange glasses. I felt bad for them because the kids teased them.. I never did tease them, Honest! I saw so many movies there alone, with my mom, with my friend. I remember seeing Batman, Boxing Matches with Cassius Clay on the wide screen! I saw the Sword In The Stone, Jerry Lewis Dean martin Comedies, The 3 Stooges, Abbot and Costello, James Bond, etc.
or what? I love it, that is such a new york expression. I would also love to see the Low-ees as me and the Meathead on archie bunker called it.
At the Lowees was a clock with a statue of St. George slaying a dragon. Every hour on the hour, the statue would become animated.
The Grand Concourse is such a historic street from bickfords, to of course the lowees, to the house that Ruth Built, Yankee Stadium,
the infamous “D” train.
The Grand Concourse was “the place” for successful residents of the lower East Side and other middle-European immigrants to move to from the 1920’s through the 1940’s.
or what? I love it, that is such a new york expression. I would also love to see the Low-ees as me and the Meathead on archie bunker called it.
The Grand Concourse is such a histoc street from bickfords, to of course the lowees, to the house that Ruth Built, Yankee Stadium,
the infamous “D” train.
Bill wanted me to write something on the lowees, so here it is:
The Paradise was the the place to go for thousands of Bronxites who could sit in the comfort of cushy seats watching a new flick or pick a makeout corner up in a corner of the balcony. I wonder how many boys, girls stole their first kiss up in the Loews Paradis balcony under the glistening stars.
Opened in 1929, during the time of the “atmospheric” cinemas created by the designer John Eberson, it transported New Yorkers into a Baroque Italian garden, decorated with marble pillars, statues, tapestries, even a goldfish pool and a night sky with twinkling stars and moving clouds.
The Lowees as real New Yawkers cawled it was not just for movies. It brough some of the top stars into the old neighborhood. Bob Hope and George Burns and others performed on its stage, and NYC high schools and colleges held their graduations there. The Loews Paradise was just a few blocks from University Avenue, the original home of NYU and was equal distance to the the Rose Hill, the home of Fordham University
Many a arguement would ensue between the students at Fordham University and NYU on who was the superior school with the betetr team. I heard stories of heartbreak when a Fordham gal would sneak away into the Balcony with an NYU Guy, or vice versa.
The Loews was in the heart of academia and only one mile North of the House That Ruth Built, Yankee stadium
The Paradise was on teh Grand Concourse and crossed the turf of the Fordham Baldies, The Golden Guineas, and many other notorius youth gangs. This spot became a DMZ zone as the elders of the community
and the powers that be kept a watchful eye over the gangs. Preserving the peace and safety of the neighborhood.
I remember one so called “made man” saying. You guys go enjoy da movie, no roufgh stuff, you will bring da bulls around, fer dat dere will be consequences, then he threw out about $20 in quarters, silver dolalrs, etc.
Its where Joey took Maria on his last night in town and they cried
together into a bag of popcorn. It was january 1943, Joey gave Maria a ring, While the Loews movie reel news showed the horrors of Adolph Hitler, the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, She broke out in tears as she ran home to tell her family the news, they celebrated to the break of dawn. Joey then took off to Germany to defend our nation, he left Maria with the memories of thier last night at the
Lowees
There are differant memories for difefrant people.
PARADISE THEATER OVERVIEW
LOCATION: Grand Concourse & 187th Street
Bronx, NY
SEATING CAPACITY: 3855 total seats in the theater, with approximately
2300 seats in the orchestra section. The theater will have two VIP sections in the lower orchestra and loge comparable to club seating at Madison Square Garden. These lucky patrons will be served by wait staff and will be able to order concessions from a menu they will find in their seat.
OPENING: Late September/ early October.
OVERVIEW: The PARADISE THEATER is the grandest and
Most ornate of all the Loews theaters that were designed in the twenties and thirties by the famed architect John Eberson.
The theater originally opened in 1929 to a sold out audience and was a movie and vaudeville house for many years. In response to the needs of the largely Latino Community surrounding this site and the needs of the entertainment industry for a large venue for major productions, the Paradise will reopen as a major concert hall and special events venue this fall.
The ?Loews Paradise Theater? is being refurbished through the joint efforts of First Paradise Theater Corp. which owns the premises and whose parent company is a major real estate developer in the tri-state area and Paradise Theater Productions, Inc., which company will run the day to day aspects of the theater. Each of the foregoing businesses and their principals has vast experience in entertainment, hospitality, restaurants, food and beverage and real estate development.
EVENTS PROJECTION: In the year, we expect to have at least (100)
One hundred shows based on booking each Friday and Saturday for the fifty-two weeks of the year. Our goal is to exceed (150) annual bookings by the second year. Of these first
One hundred shows, we anticipate 65-70%
Latin Music Headliners.
We use Latin Music to cover the entire spectrum, not just Tropical Music. The rest of the shows will likely fall in other genres such as R&B, POP, GOSPEL, and some ROCK. The Loews Paradise will also be available for other specials events, including Boxing with HBO and Telefutura, and entertainment premieres, political events and televised shows.
CONCESSIONS: There are three fixed concessions areas, including
a large oval bar serving the orchestra section in the grand foyer, 24?x14? and a large rectangular bar and concession stand in the mezzanine of the grand foyer, 21?x11?. A third bar is located in the balcony section10?x10?. We anticipate using other space in the theater for non-permanent concession areas depending on how busy we get.
FOOD SERVICE+CATERING: The Loews Paradise will be equipped with a full
service kitchen and will have a separate restaurant
and lounge area in the grand foyer and mezzanine
sections. Additionally, a party room for (100)
persons will be available for special events and
booking for interested persons.
SIGNAGE: Electronic Signage, Bar Signage, Menus, etc.
EXCLUSIVE MARKETING CO.: R. PANIAGUA, INC.
OPPORTUNITY:
You have been invited to join us at the PARADISE THEATER as the exclusive products to be served. [(350,000 projected attendance (year 1)/ 500,000 (year2)]
I spent my summers in Selden, N.Y. when
the area was still a quiet area to live in.
The Centerach Movie house was a great place to spend a Saturday afternoon, nothing fancy, just good wholesome movies.
The area has gone downhill and is far from the little town it used to be. I was recently back in Centereach and was saddened by what the area has become
I will always have the memories of seeing John Wayne and other heroes on the screen. While hanging out with my cousins
What can I say, that has not already been said about this wonderful movie house. I was in awe by the magnificant structure and especially enjoyed the glow in the dark stars painted on the ceiling of the theatre.
I was in the Bronx in 2000 and at the time it was going through renovation. As A Bronx boy, we caleld it the Lowees Paradise!
The Savoy was a place where I saw many of the movie classics with my mom as a little kid. As I got older, i attended the matinees,as a teen it became a makout place.
It was located right on 186th street and Hughes avenue in the Bronx.
A very Italian area that was not yet commercially called “Little Italy In The Bronx”
The Savoy was just across from Addeos Bakery and the four corners outside the Theatre was used as a “tar top” baseball field for all of us off the curb enthusiasts. A game played with a “spaldeen”
It was the place to see the reruns of old movies, beach blanket movies, Batman, the movie with Adam West. It played Italian movies a couple of nights a week and then in the 70’s while on its last gasp. Regretably, they showed porn movies.
it was the place where I saw the replays of the fights of Cassius Caly/Muhammid Ali. Unfortunately, I can still remember the boos and the n word being shouted at the screen
The Savoy holds many great memoeries for me as a young child. Watching Elvis Movies, Abbot and Costello, the 3 stooges, etc
The Savoy like other old Bronx moviehouses like the RKO Fordham, The Valentine, The Ascot and the , Loews Paradise, better known to bronx Natives as the Lowees ahve all gone away. the day of the magnificent movie houses are gone
I saw allot of movie here as a child. back when the theater was owned by a lady lovingly called “Minnie Mouse”. Well, maybe she was not the owner. i am not sure. i also remember her husband. He used to dribble allot and had very strange glasses. I felt bad for them because the kids teased them.. I never did tease them, Honest! I saw so many movies there alone, with my mom, with my friend. I remember seeing Batman, Boxing Matches with Cassius Clay on the wide screen! I saw the Sword In The Stone, Jerry Lewis Dean martin Comedies, The 3 Stooges, Abbot and Costello, James Bond, etc.
Malco now has two screens and balcony
I am here right now in the green room attending the
Hot Springs Film Festival
www/hsdfi.org
or what? I love it, that is such a new york expression. I would also love to see the Low-ees as me and the Meathead on archie bunker called it.
At the Lowees was a clock with a statue of St. George slaying a dragon. Every hour on the hour, the statue would become animated.
The Grand Concourse is such a historic street from bickfords, to of course the lowees, to the house that Ruth Built, Yankee Stadium,
the infamous “D” train.
The Grand Concourse was “the place” for successful residents of the lower East Side and other middle-European immigrants to move to from the 1920’s through the 1940’s.
everybody honk if u going to da-bronx
or what? I love it, that is such a new york expression. I would also love to see the Low-ees as me and the Meathead on archie bunker called it.
The Grand Concourse is such a histoc street from bickfords, to of course the lowees, to the house that Ruth Built, Yankee Stadium,
the infamous “D” train.
everybody honk if u going to da-bronx
The Ten Commandments".? wow i remember that.
it was quite the attrcation back in the days when people respected the ten comamndments
i hope when it opens . they have a party and have “MICHAEL SAVAGE” as the emcee.
that would be great!
Bill wanted me to write something on the lowees, so here it is:
The Paradise was the the place to go for thousands of Bronxites who could sit in the comfort of cushy seats watching a new flick or pick a makeout corner up in a corner of the balcony. I wonder how many boys, girls stole their first kiss up in the Loews Paradis balcony under the glistening stars.
Opened in 1929, during the time of the “atmospheric” cinemas created by the designer John Eberson, it transported New Yorkers into a Baroque Italian garden, decorated with marble pillars, statues, tapestries, even a goldfish pool and a night sky with twinkling stars and moving clouds.
The Lowees as real New Yawkers cawled it was not just for movies. It brough some of the top stars into the old neighborhood. Bob Hope and George Burns and others performed on its stage, and NYC high schools and colleges held their graduations there. The Loews Paradise was just a few blocks from University Avenue, the original home of NYU and was equal distance to the the Rose Hill, the home of Fordham University
Many a arguement would ensue between the students at Fordham University and NYU on who was the superior school with the betetr team. I heard stories of heartbreak when a Fordham gal would sneak away into the Balcony with an NYU Guy, or vice versa.
The Loews was in the heart of academia and only one mile North of the House That Ruth Built, Yankee stadium
The Paradise was on teh Grand Concourse and crossed the turf of the Fordham Baldies, The Golden Guineas, and many other notorius youth gangs. This spot became a DMZ zone as the elders of the community
and the powers that be kept a watchful eye over the gangs. Preserving the peace and safety of the neighborhood.
I remember one so called “made man” saying. You guys go enjoy da movie, no roufgh stuff, you will bring da bulls around, fer dat dere will be consequences, then he threw out about $20 in quarters, silver dolalrs, etc.
Its where Joey took Maria on his last night in town and they cried
together into a bag of popcorn. It was january 1943, Joey gave Maria a ring, While the Loews movie reel news showed the horrors of Adolph Hitler, the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, She broke out in tears as she ran home to tell her family the news, they celebrated to the break of dawn. Joey then took off to Germany to defend our nation, he left Maria with the memories of thier last night at the
Lowees
There are differant memories for difefrant people.
I Found This Information:
PARADISE THEATER OVERVIEW
LOCATION: Grand Concourse & 187th Street
Bronx, NY
SEATING CAPACITY: 3855 total seats in the theater, with approximately
2300 seats in the orchestra section. The theater will have two VIP sections in the lower orchestra and loge comparable to club seating at Madison Square Garden. These lucky patrons will be served by wait staff and will be able to order concessions from a menu they will find in their seat.
OPENING: Late September/ early October.
OVERVIEW: The PARADISE THEATER is the grandest and
Most ornate of all the Loews theaters that were designed in the twenties and thirties by the famed architect John Eberson.
The theater originally opened in 1929 to a sold out audience and was a movie and vaudeville house for many years. In response to the needs of the largely Latino Community surrounding this site and the needs of the entertainment industry for a large venue for major productions, the Paradise will reopen as a major concert hall and special events venue this fall.
The ?Loews Paradise Theater? is being refurbished through the joint efforts of First Paradise Theater Corp. which owns the premises and whose parent company is a major real estate developer in the tri-state area and Paradise Theater Productions, Inc., which company will run the day to day aspects of the theater. Each of the foregoing businesses and their principals has vast experience in entertainment, hospitality, restaurants, food and beverage and real estate development.
One hundred shows based on booking each Friday and Saturday for the fifty-two weeks of the year. Our goal is to exceed (150) annual bookings by the second year. Of these first
One hundred shows, we anticipate 65-70%
Latin Music Headliners.
We use Latin Music to cover the entire spectrum, not just Tropical Music. The rest of the shows will likely fall in other genres such as R&B, POP, GOSPEL, and some ROCK. The Loews Paradise will also be available for other specials events, including Boxing with HBO and Telefutura, and entertainment premieres, political events and televised shows.
a large oval bar serving the orchestra section in the grand foyer, 24?x14? and a large rectangular bar and concession stand in the mezzanine of the grand foyer, 21?x11?. A third bar is located in the balcony section10?x10?. We anticipate using other space in the theater for non-permanent concession areas depending on how busy we get.
service kitchen and will have a separate restaurant
and lounge area in the grand foyer and mezzanine
sections. Additionally, a party room for (100)
persons will be available for special events and
booking for interested persons.
SIGNAGE: Electronic Signage, Bar Signage, Menus, etc.
EXCLUSIVE MARKETING CO.: R. PANIAGUA, INC.
OPPORTUNITY:
You have been invited to join us at the PARADISE THEATER as the exclusive products to be served. [(350,000 projected attendance (year 1)/ 500,000 (year2)]
I believe that the opening will b a plus for the Fordham section of the Bronx. There really are no movie theatres in the neighborhood anymore.
It will probably attract many differant types of people. I hope it will be treated with the respect it deserves.
I wonder if the have a web page or a place to get information.
to me it will always be the lowees!
I saw many arts films there as a teen in the 70’s. A vibid memory of seeing the anti war movie, Johnny’s Got His Gun at the Ascot
My memory is of the men selling the Sunday Daily News, Daily Mirror
outside the moviehouse at night
I spent my summers in Selden, N.Y. when
the area was still a quiet area to live in.
The Centerach Movie house was a great place to spend a Saturday afternoon, nothing fancy, just good wholesome movies.
The area has gone downhill and is far from the little town it used to be. I was recently back in Centereach and was saddened by what the area has become
I will always have the memories of seeing John Wayne and other heroes on the screen. While hanging out with my cousins
What can I say, that has not already been said about this wonderful movie house. I was in awe by the magnificant structure and especially enjoyed the glow in the dark stars painted on the ceiling of the theatre.
I was in the Bronx in 2000 and at the time it was going through renovation. As A Bronx boy, we caleld it the Lowees Paradise!
The Savoy was a place where I saw many of the movie classics with my mom as a little kid. As I got older, i attended the matinees,as a teen it became a makout place.
It was located right on 186th street and Hughes avenue in the Bronx.
A very Italian area that was not yet commercially called “Little Italy In The Bronx”
The Savoy was just across from Addeos Bakery and the four corners outside the Theatre was used as a “tar top” baseball field for all of us off the curb enthusiasts. A game played with a “spaldeen”
It was the place to see the reruns of old movies, beach blanket movies, Batman, the movie with Adam West. It played Italian movies a couple of nights a week and then in the 70’s while on its last gasp. Regretably, they showed porn movies.
it was the place where I saw the replays of the fights of Cassius Caly/Muhammid Ali. Unfortunately, I can still remember the boos and the n word being shouted at the screen
The Savoy holds many great memoeries for me as a young child. Watching Elvis Movies, Abbot and Costello, the 3 stooges, etc
The Savoy like other old Bronx moviehouses like the RKO Fordham, The Valentine, The Ascot and the , Loews Paradise, better known to bronx Natives as the Lowees ahve all gone away. the day of the magnificent movie houses are gone