I think it is disgusting that they ( it is them? ) insisted upon this building not being used for the exhibition of motion pictures for 75 years.
It probably would have made no difference — DVDs, Video Games, and soon, movies over Internet — will kill the majority of theaters now open over time — but it is disgusting to think that so-called businessmen would have such contempt for the community that they would squelch even the remotest possibilty of there being a theater there again.
If the Fortway was kept clean and was run well, it could have prospered for years to come.
I hereby put a fatwa on the old landlord, the new landlord, the new tenant, and the old chain operator, who does not know what they are doing and showed that by the way they ran the Fortway into the ground. May you all rot in hell.
I went to see Chuck Berry perform at the Fortway years back. He did two shows in one day, and performed his hit of the time “ My Ding a Ling ” . For added entertainment, a couple of girls stripped and danced on stage.
While we were waiting to get in, there was a rumble in the park across the street. For real, it sounded like someone was getting hurt.
This theater is now part of the New York Sports Clubs chain. I work out there 2-3 times a week. The logistics of a health club shoehorned into a theater are tricky, and the dressing room is small, but it’s nice. You can see some of the quality plaster work on the walls and ceiling in the weight room.
Theaterfan, who are Golden Screen Assciates?
I think it is disgusting that they ( it is them? ) insisted upon this building not being used for the exhibition of motion pictures for 75 years.
It probably would have made no difference — DVDs, Video Games, and soon, movies over Internet — will kill the majority of theaters now open over time — but it is disgusting to think that so-called businessmen would have such contempt for the community that they would squelch even the remotest possibilty of there being a theater there again.
If the Fortway was kept clean and was run well, it could have prospered for years to come.
I hereby put a fatwa on the old landlord, the new landlord, the new tenant, and the old chain operator, who does not know what they are doing and showed that by the way they ran the Fortway into the ground. May you all rot in hell.
I went to see Chuck Berry perform at the Fortway years back. He did two shows in one day, and performed his hit of the time “ My Ding a Ling ” . For added entertainment, a couple of girls stripped and danced on stage.
While we were waiting to get in, there was a rumble in the park across the street. For real, it sounded like someone was getting hurt.
This theater is now part of the New York Sports Clubs chain. I work out there 2-3 times a week. The logistics of a health club shoehorned into a theater are tricky, and the dressing room is small, but it’s nice. You can see some of the quality plaster work on the walls and ceiling in the weight room.
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Never saw this building as a movie theater ; remember it as a bingo hall in the 1970s.