tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post579749079558897659..comments2024-03-18T19:27:54.524-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Another look inside the former theater on Avenue BUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-84951271433310253812012-02-29T22:00:33.732-05:002012-02-29T22:00:33.732-05:00I remember the Charles from when my dad had a butc...I remember the Charles from when my dad had a butcher shop across the street. Sorry to see it go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57236808782475521292012-02-29T19:57:42.165-05:002012-02-29T19:57:42.165-05:00When I was in HS and college, used to go to the Ch...When I was in HS and college, used to go to the Charles all the time for their double bills, 2 movies for $2. Saw lots of great previously released films. We would go up to balcony and smoke weed. No problem. One memorable double bill, Ken Russell’s “The Devils” and Mark Rydell’s “The Cowboys”. I was more shocked by the “Cowboys”. “I can’t believe it, they killed John Wayne!”.Crazy Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73023662165593085252012-02-29T11:38:53.037-05:002012-02-29T11:38:53.037-05:00Beautiful photos!Beautiful photos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-72181020688454297972012-02-29T11:37:33.473-05:002012-02-29T11:37:33.473-05:00My friends and I tried to cut a deal with Rev. Car...My friends and I tried to cut a deal with Rev. Carlos a few years ago, whereby, with not a dime out of his pocket, we would have gotten funding to fix up the theatre to be used by our people and by Carlos' church group. The store rental spaces along Avenue B would have covered the construction loan payments, so it would have been a win-win-win for all.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Carlos was facing threats of lawsuits from others he'd agreed to hand the theatre over to for development and he'd already taken money from them. <br /><br />This could have been resolved with a little assistance from us, but the deal killer was Carlos' insistence that whatever films or performances we did in the restored theatre would not have dirty words or content he didn't like and that everything had to be approved by his church. He even insisted that we'd have to pay one of his people to watch us whenever we used the place, just to make sure!! (I wonder if Carlos will enforce this requirement on the tenants who will reside in the sure-to-be-ugly-as-shit market rate housing that will be built above the boxy space he'll get for his church group.)<br /><br />The loss of this nice old cozy neighborhood theatre is soooo unnecessary and could have easily been prevented, if not for Rev. Carlos. His uncle, who gave him the theatre to KEEP as a theatre (Carlos told me this himself!) must be spinning in his grave....chris flashhttp://shadowpress.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59419785159733265632012-02-29T10:47:03.087-05:002012-02-29T10:47:03.087-05:00Thanks for the link to Matt's site, great phot...Thanks for the link to Matt's site, great photos and history!Marty Wombacherhttp://www.trippingwithmarty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-90986817438193570872012-02-29T08:26:19.976-05:002012-02-29T08:26:19.976-05:00Good for them that they are staying in the communi...Good for them that they are staying in the community and aren't being pushed out by NYU or others.Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.mykoladementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9590388923377934442012-02-29T08:19:55.211-05:002012-02-29T08:19:55.211-05:00Who is blaming the church, Mick?
As I understand...Who is blaming the church, Mick? <br /><br />As I understand it, the church will be part of the new building. Rev. Torres of the Elim Pentecostal has said that the ground-floor would house the church and a community center. The upper levels of the new building would be designated for some combination of housing.EV Grievehttp://evgrieve.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65340369630853347312012-02-29T08:07:46.690-05:002012-02-29T08:07:46.690-05:00You can't blame the church for selling it, mor...You can't blame the church for selling it, more money and power to them. It served its purpose now it has to go. Who cares if Jack Kerouac or Allen Ginsburg wandered past it in the old days, that's life.Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.mykoladementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.com