Greenwich Theatre
115 8th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10011
115 8th Avenue,
New York,
NY
10011
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The Art Greenwich was totally demolished for the glass tower Equinox Gym.
classictheaters: The Greenwich Theatre you’re thinking of is the one listed as the Art Greenwich Twin.
OK, the only Greenwich Theater I remember is the one on Greenwich closer to 7th Ave. Across the Street from it was the former Loew’s Sheridan which faced 7th Ave. The Greenwich closed in the late 1990’s, it was featured in an episode of ‘Sex & The City’ as Carrie and her friends leave the theater (which was showing Godzilla 1998), the camera pans upward past the lit ‘Greenwich’ sign, up to the moon in the sky. The theater was already closed when this was shot. Shortly after the theater was destroyed (not demolished) to make way for the Equinox Gym.
Thanks very much! I will add it on my list.
That’s the Art Greenwich in DAISY KENYON.
I noticed in the movie Daisy Kenyon, when Henry Fonda is sitting in the restaurant (approx 30 min into the movie) across the street is the Greenwich with Cary Grant and Laraine Day in Mr. Lucky on the marquis. I use vintage movies to find buildings and this movie references several that did exist. Hope it helps.
The Village theatre on Eighth Avenue I referred to on February 2 must have been this one.
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According to the January, 1918, issue of the trade journal Architecture and Building, the Village Theatre was designed by the firm of Eisendrath & Horwitz.
Good point, Cwalczak!
I’ll keep looking.
But if the site for this theater is occupied by the Port Authority building built in 1932, then either the FYB entries from at least that year up until 1942 must be in error or they are referring to a different Village Theater – unless the building once contained a new theater or what was once the original Greenwich. Or am I missing something?
When the Greenwich Theatre on 12th street opened in 1936, this location appears to have reverted back to the Village name, which shows up in Film daily Yearbooks up until 1942.
This might help:
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I don’t have a way to find out when this building was constructed. It could be that the Greenwich was part of the building. However, if the building was erected after the theater opened, it’s more likely that the theater was bulldozed.
A very large building occupies the entire odd side of the block between 15th and 16th. It looks like the primary tenant is the Port of New York. If this structure was built after 1927, it’s likely that the Greenwich was one of the businesses razed to make way for the new building.
Advertised as the Village Theatre in a Paramount Week ad for 1919.