tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post2787340051337768508..comments2024-03-18T19:27:54.524-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Former landmark countercultural theater now for rent on Avenue BUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77727983651547011842014-06-04T18:45:12.665-04:002014-06-04T18:45:12.665-04:00There also weren't traffic lights on every cor...There also weren't traffic lights on every corner until well into the 90s.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-53209318802740068642014-06-03T22:18:25.901-04:002014-06-03T22:18:25.901-04:00Vic Washkevich said:
"Did anyone notice in t...Vic Washkevich said:<br /><br /><i>"Did anyone notice in that 1949 photo of Avenue B how much parking space was available. Like the Bijou that's all gone, too.<br />"</i><br /><br />Well, I think a lot fewer people had cars back in those days; not only that, when I first lived in this neighborhood in the 80s and 90s, there were fewer cars; nowadays, anyone moving here from Florida or Minnesota has to bring their car. <br /><br />"Oh sure, no prob; you can park on the street." The city has become one huge fucking parking lot.Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46538635381841204742010-05-06T20:45:27.642-04:002010-05-06T20:45:27.642-04:00Hi Ellen,
Good question... I'm not sure about...Hi Ellen,<br /><br />Good question... I'm not sure about that one...EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70688318943055184552010-05-06T20:22:19.143-04:002010-05-06T20:22:19.143-04:00i,ve heard thqat malcolm x sp[oke at the charles. ...i,ve heard thqat malcolm x sp[oke at the charles. is this true? ellenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946975099340394662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-20764664874436856122010-01-30T16:24:53.151-05:002010-01-30T16:24:53.151-05:00Did anyone notice in that 1949 photo of Avenue B h...Did anyone notice in that 1949 photo of Avenue B how much parking space was available. Like the Bijou that's all gone, too.<br /><br />Vic WashkevichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44498325148871828082010-01-28T13:04:41.914-05:002010-01-28T13:04:41.914-05:00Let us not forget that on Friday nights the Gramec...Let us not forget that on Friday nights the Gramecy Boys Club on <br />16th Street between Avenues A & B showed a free two reel 16 mm movie to kids who were members. To kill time when they were changing reels, we all had a sing-along. It was free. My boys club badge, back in the late '30s and early '40s described the club as "A Bright Spot in the Gas House District." And it sure was for all of us kids.<br /><br /><br />Vic WashkevichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-88313954149520800402010-01-27T16:49:57.640-05:002010-01-27T16:49:57.640-05:00Another movie house on Avenue B somewhere betweeen...Another movie house on Avenue B somewhere betweeen 16th and 23rd streets called the Gramercy Theater was momma's baby sitter. Every Saturday in the 1940's it showed three full length movies, a serial, cartoons and coming attrations all for a dime. Whatta good deal that was.<br /><br />Vic WashkevichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25664765880850890072009-07-31T08:41:57.947-04:002009-07-31T08:41:57.947-04:00Thanks, EVHP. It amazes me how many theaters used ...Thanks, EVHP. It amazes me how many theaters used to be in the neighborhood.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-45028784805335193012009-07-31T00:29:52.878-04:002009-07-31T00:29:52.878-04:00Great pictures/story! I sent this to my mom. She w...Great pictures/story! I sent this to my mom. She would tell me stories of all the places she hung out growing up like the Charles and Bijou theaters. (As well as places like the Filmore, The Dom and all the other greats that were sadly just before my time.)<br /><br />Thanks for this post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740688325728150023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71993355067473640632009-07-30T22:53:14.700-04:002009-07-30T22:53:14.700-04:00In the photo from 1949 you can see Stuyvesant Town...In the photo from 1949 you can see Stuyvesant Town in the background. According to Wikipedia it was opened in 1947 so it must have been very new then.<br /><br />Also, in the movie theater picture there is a building on the corner that is now an empty lot. Nice to see what once stood there.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-26957158805478639082009-07-30T14:57:16.386-04:002009-07-30T14:57:16.386-04:00Marx Brothers also played the Jefferson as did Bob...Marx Brothers also played the Jefferson as did Bob Hope. When I was a little kid in the 50s I saw Jerry Lewis do a live show at the Loews Commodore on 6th Street and 2nd Avenue which became the Fillmore East.Mykola Dementiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267125930152870083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68106087674562287032009-07-30T13:47:47.584-04:002009-07-30T13:47:47.584-04:00Fascinating. Thanks for digging all this up. I lov...Fascinating. Thanks for digging all this up. I love old theater lore.<br />BTW: I either read in one of his book or heard George Burns talking about playing the Jefferson.Media gluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338948037718606190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-77735536897268083362009-07-30T10:25:39.617-04:002009-07-30T10:25:39.617-04:00It would be great to have another community-center...It would be great to have another community-centered film-making venue. We've already got all the film students and creative residents...too bad I haven't won the lotto yet or I'd fund this myself.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-74894204280214377582009-07-30T09:15:29.256-04:002009-07-30T09:15:29.256-04:00nice work! let's hope it stays with the theate...nice work! let's hope it stays with the theater/arts scene.Bowery Boogiehttp://www.boweryboogie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-79057989650147781772009-07-30T08:48:00.781-04:002009-07-30T08:48:00.781-04:00I know, I had been to the burnt-out shell, but I w...I know, I had been to the burnt-out shell, but I was sticking to Ave BMykola Dementiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267125930152870083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52680673061330868192009-07-30T08:38:09.380-04:002009-07-30T08:38:09.380-04:00Thanks, Mick.
Now we just have kiddies of a diff...Thanks, Mick. <br /><br />Now we just have kiddies of a different sort.<br /><br />And there was a theater on Avenue A b/t 7th and 6th where the bodega is...?EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-69259388909426402052009-07-30T07:59:45.010-04:002009-07-30T07:59:45.010-04:00In the late 60s I saw Cocteau's 'Beauty an...In the late 60s I saw Cocteau's 'Beauty and the Beast', there were about 5 people in the whole theater. And there was another movie house on Ave B between 5th and 6th Streets. It showed monster and ghost stories, I had been there as a kid. Plus a movie house on 3rd Street, between Ave B & C not to mention another movie house on Clinton Street on the other side of Houston. Used to go there when I cut out of Seward Park HS before heading up to 42nd Street. Monster flicks for the kiddies, the area was filled with them.Mykola Dementiukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02267125930152870083noreply@blogger.com