Plaza Theatre

This opened on December 2nd, 1939. Grand opening ad in photo section.

Frank, that article is from two years ago and it said the theatre would be open by the end of the year (2013) so I am guessing things have fallen apart.

I haven’t found any recent news about the Plaza. Anyone know if the effort to restore it has gone anywhere?

jope363: please send old photos for 2014 Windsor Almanac. Thank you.

I know it’s a long shot but I have grown up in Windsor also, and went to the theater a few times when I was very young! I would love to restore it and get it running again, showing movies at night and using it for guest lecturers and classes during the day to assist those looking for work to improve resumes and interview skills etc. If anyone knows of any way to get funding for such a project or would be interested in assisting or being a part of it, let me know! I would love to bring this great place back to life!

Aaah, well at least I was right that the pipes burst in the first place lol. Still, it is quite a shame. Last time the place was open was for a town festival, they showed a free movie there… That was actually after the place closed, but only a year or two after.

I actually grew up, and still live less than a mile from this place.. I have many fond memories of going every friday with my friend to see whatever movie this place was showing, things like the adams family, twister, jurassic park, and it actually pains me to see the place reduced to nothing but a storage space, which is what it seems to be with boxes piled up in the front doors. I do recall hearing something about a water mane or water pipe or something bursting and I’m sure that hastened the demise of the plaza, but I’m always gonna remember that place, and even the baskin robins next to it.

I was biking in Windsor last week and saw it for the first time. The marquee is oool and quite wooden from the underside, it has one lightbulb left in and the rest are not. The marquee now reads from both sides, “Welcome to Windsor and the Art Center in RR Freight House.”

There are 2 stores still open on the ground level and the rest are either closed or under construction. The alley on the left side had a door open to the back of the salon and up the stairs, the door was closed. For some reason, I didn’t go down the other flight to open the door.

Around to the other end was a sign that had Plaza in the name and I went upstairs. They were apartments, and it felt like a rooming house and the hallway was quite stuffy. If you went out front and looked up at the second floor, you’d see curtains and ACs.

Hey, can the guy who runs The Witches Dungeon use this as a theater for his films or no?

I was in thew Plaza today. It stills sits abandoned with everything still remaining: the seats, the screens, the speakers, and even the projector.

This is a great old Marquee, it would look awesome all relit with new neon.

Shulman also owned those two theatres in addition to the since-demolished Rivoli near the corner of Park & New Park in Hartford. Shulman’s family still owns and operates the Webster Theatre.