Art Greenwich Twin
97 Greenwich Avenue,
New York,
NY
10013
97 Greenwich Avenue,
New York,
NY
10013
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The Greenwich Theater opened in 1932. The location was previously a Ford dealership.
Please update, became a twin on December 14, 1979 and closed on June 29, 2000
This was probably my least favorite theater in NYC, due to the fact that the air conditioner was always broken in the summer and the heat was always broken in the winter, and the projection could sometimes be sketchy. But for some reason, I went on a lot of dates here. Impromptu, Soapdish, Shadowlands, Reality Bites and that terrible movie with Jon Bon Jovi and all the women…
Those mentioning Sex and the City, the theater was used three times in the first season, either as a backdrop or with the girls meeting to see a movie.
The marquee for this theatre shows up in a process shot in the 1947 film “Daisy Kenyon”
Before it was destroyed, the theater was used in and episode of SEX & THE CITY when all the girls went to see a movie at the end of the show. You can see them walking into the theater, the camera pans up, we see a bit of the lit up GREENWICH sign, and “Godzilla” is playing, the camera continues to pan up to the night sky to a full moon.
The only movie I remember seeing here was The Jetsons, which probably reflects poorly on my celluloid choices. Great location, undistinguished decor, except for it’s big bright lobby.
Am I wrong or was the last shot of the Sex and the City pilot outside this theatre? I remember this theatre fondly when I moved here from Ohio in the mid nineties.
I saw two movies at the Greenwich, “Burnt Offerings” and “Ghostbusters 2”. By the 70s, there was nothing distinctive about the interior whatsoever, just an ordinary, plain auditorium, as I recall. Maybe it was NEVER anything memorable though, lol. If you want to get a vintage gander at the theater in a movie, check out Otto Preminger’s 1947 “Daisy Kenyon”. There’s a scene where Henry Fonda is tailing Joan Crawford, and she goes to the Greenwich to see a double bill of Cary Grant and Laraine Day in “Mr. Lucky,” and Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett in “The Woman In the Window”.
Good looking Marquee.
Saw one of the Pink Panther movies here in the summer of 1975. It had a great GV ambiance, better than the tacky commercialism of 8th Street although the Art & the 8th St. Playhouse were constant haunts. Can’t imagine what it was like to have had the Loews Sheridan across the street.
Very true Al….Dear Cineplex Odeon, back in 1997 I knowingly stole a gold curtain from the Cineplex Odeon Art Greenwich, a theatre of yours located at the time of the theft at 97 Greenwich Avenue.I humbly aplogize as I was very inmature at the time and was inconsiderate of your feelings and property. I am a different person these days and would never convieve of committing another act like that.
Greenpoint, since you admit to being a vandal and a thief perhaps your apologies should extend to Cineplex Odeon as well.
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back in 1997 during a showing of Daylight, my friend Paul dared me to take the 10 foot tall by 10 foot wide gold curtain on the wall from here…it was barely hanging from the back wall…I put it under my coat and walked out as non-descript as possible….to this day its part of my backdrop for online pictures..
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Thanks for the many fine Manhattan marquee shots, Al.
As an RKO Twin.
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Was only in this theater three times, I think – two of them after the twinning. Can’t remember what I saw, but I do remember going back to the lobby during one visit to tell them it was so cold in the auditorium that I could see my own breath. I was already wearing a suit coat, overcoat, scarf and gloves. As I recall, they never did correct the problem. – Ed Blank
HAPPY FOR YOU….. BUT..I MANAGED THIS THEATER AND NEVER THOUGHT THIS WOULD CLOSE….The numbers here were always the best ….
While I’m never happy to see a theater close, I make a big exception in this case! The Greenwich Twin (where I remember seeing Bullets Over Broadway….“Don’t Speak!”…..) was demolished and replaced by an Equinox Gym. One day, the man who is now my partner was having a protein drink at the ground level cafe when he spotted me passing by outside. He followed me down the street and introduced himself to me. We have been together ever since and will celebrate 4 years together in May. We are also engaged to be married! So, I’m very happy that this particular theater is gone! :–)
No relation to the Greenwich cinema in Connecticut.
Greenwich Theatre and Greenwich Playhouse should be listed as alternative names for this location.
Perhaps one of the last views of the Greenwich… Sarah Jessica Parker meets the girls outside of the Greenwich in one of the first episodes of “Sex and the City”.