The Albany Theatre is up for sale for 1.5 million. There are some pictures of the renovations that have been done on www.albanyc1.com
I toured this theatre several years ago before restoration begin and I do not recognzie some of the areas shown in the pictures. It is possible that they may be dividing up some of the large areas. I don’t know what has happended unless the owner just ran out of funds.
In October of 2008 I was allowed inside the Bradley Theatre. It is owned by the W.C. Bradley Company, the same company that built the theatre for Paramount Theatres in 1940. They purchased it in 1985 from Plitt theatres for $130,000.00. The building is valued at one million. The theatre is not being used, but is kept in repair by the Bradley Company. It is still a beautiful theatre. The box office has been removed and was probably destroyed around 1980. After it quit showing movies, the seats were removed from the main floor and it was terraced for tables on 4 levels. It was used as a teen center for a while and that pooped out. Fortunantley nothing was destroyed; however, the water fountain located in the tiled recess on the mezzaine level was replaced with a sink. A 2nd snack bar was installed in front of it. The balcony is in perfect condition with recent model seats. I was told that the balcony was split and 2 theatres were installed. I don’t know how they done this because nothing is damaged or altered. The lobby has walnut panels with floor to ceiling mirrors. There are 2 sets of 3 poster cases on each side. Nothing remains in the old projection booth. it appears to have been redone to accomadate digital or video projection. The Bradley company does not have any plans for it at this time, but they are keeping the utilities on and it has an alarm system. The marquee is beautiful and in excellent conditon. One unusual fine was that the poster cases located on the outside foyer have two sets of hinges. One set is for the poster case and the other set goes to a large section which contains the poster case. May have been closets to store marquee letters, etc.
The Atlanta Theatre ended its life at the Columbia Theatre.
The Howard became the Paramount and the vertical was about 3 times as tall as the building front. The verticals on the Loews Grand and the Paramount tried to out do each other and were beautiful signs. Of course the theatre was demolished to make way for an office building. Just about across the street was the Capital Theatre was was gutted and became part of Davisons Department Store. Go to www.historictheatres.org for some great pictures of the Paramount (Howard).
The Albany Theatre is up for sale for 1.5 million. There are some pictures of the renovations that have been done on www.albanyc1.com
I toured this theatre several years ago before restoration begin and I do not recognzie some of the areas shown in the pictures. It is possible that they may be dividing up some of the large areas. I don’t know what has happended unless the owner just ran out of funds.
In October of 2008 I was allowed inside the Bradley Theatre. It is owned by the W.C. Bradley Company, the same company that built the theatre for Paramount Theatres in 1940. They purchased it in 1985 from Plitt theatres for $130,000.00. The building is valued at one million. The theatre is not being used, but is kept in repair by the Bradley Company. It is still a beautiful theatre. The box office has been removed and was probably destroyed around 1980. After it quit showing movies, the seats were removed from the main floor and it was terraced for tables on 4 levels. It was used as a teen center for a while and that pooped out. Fortunantley nothing was destroyed; however, the water fountain located in the tiled recess on the mezzaine level was replaced with a sink. A 2nd snack bar was installed in front of it. The balcony is in perfect condition with recent model seats. I was told that the balcony was split and 2 theatres were installed. I don’t know how they done this because nothing is damaged or altered. The lobby has walnut panels with floor to ceiling mirrors. There are 2 sets of 3 poster cases on each side. Nothing remains in the old projection booth. it appears to have been redone to accomadate digital or video projection. The Bradley company does not have any plans for it at this time, but they are keeping the utilities on and it has an alarm system. The marquee is beautiful and in excellent conditon. One unusual fine was that the poster cases located on the outside foyer have two sets of hinges. One set is for the poster case and the other set goes to a large section which contains the poster case. May have been closets to store marquee letters, etc.
The Atlanta Theatre ended its life at the Columbia Theatre.
The Howard became the Paramount and the vertical was about 3 times as tall as the building front. The verticals on the Loews Grand and the Paramount tried to out do each other and were beautiful signs. Of course the theatre was demolished to make way for an office building. Just about across the street was the Capital Theatre was was gutted and became part of Davisons Department Store. Go to www.historictheatres.org for some great pictures of the Paramount (Howard).