Garden Cinemas
26 Isaac Street,
Norwalk,
CT
06850
26 Isaac Street,
Norwalk,
CT
06850
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Previously operated by: CinemaNational, GH Cinemas, Loews Theatres, Nutmeg Theater Circuit, USA Cinemas
Architects: Burton S. Yolen
Previous Names: Cinema Norwalk
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Originally built as the Norwalk Cinema by Samson & Spodick, later Nutmeg Theaters, in the 1960’s. Located behind the Norwalk Theater (now Wall Street Theater) on Isaacs St., the theater originally was a single screen theatre which opened on July 19, 1967. Taken over by Cinema National who twinned it in the 1970’s. Closed in early-1990’s to be taken over by a local operator, split again into 4 screens, and operated as an art house until it closed after business on January 3, 2020. The Garden Cinemas was finally demolished in November of 2022.
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They also own the State Cinema in Stamford and the Empire Cinemas in Brewster, New York. Their website is http://www.ghcinemas.com/ .
First listed in the 1969 City Directory as Cinema Norwalk (Isaac Shopping Center). Last listed in 1990 because their directories switch and that’s all they have. Unlike most local history rooms, they do not allow visitor access, only staff with book carts.
The July 31, 1967, issue of Boxoffice said that Nutmeg Theatres had opened their new Cinema Norwalk at Norwalk. The original seating capacity of the single-screen house was 875. Though the item about the opening didn’t repeat it, an earlier issue of Boxoffice had given the name of the architect on the project as Burton S. Yolen, who had designed the chain’s Wilton Cinema at Wilton, Connecticut, two years earlier.
I beleive that Lowes operated this theater in the ‘80s
The Globe/Roxy was located in the former Norwalk Theatre, on Wall Street.
The introductory line of our description for this theater is a bit misleading. The Garden Cinemas was across Isaac Street from the corner of the parking lot behind the Globe/Roxy Theatre. Saying “…by the former Globe/Roxy” makes it sound like they were in neighboring buildings, when actually the back of one is a couple of hundred feet from the front of the other.
Google Maps camera car didn’t go down Isaac Street, but if you look south on Isaac from Wall Street, I believe the Cinema Norwalk/Garden Cinemas was in the building at the end of the block, with the red and white vertical stripes.
This theater was demolished in November, 2022.
Newspaper article with photos: https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Norwalk-Garden-Cinemas-demolished-17550017.php
Opened July 19th, 1967