Thursday, June 18, 2009

An encouraging sign for the former Amato Opera?

I walk by the former Amato Opera on Bowery near Second Street fairly often. The Amato closed May 31 after a 61-year run. As Curbed noted, the building sold for $3.7 million.

Each time I walk by, I expect to see the Amato letters removed from the building...



...and all the costumes boxed up...




Still, I have some hope for this space. The Real Deal reported in late January that the building's new owner wants another theater to occupy the ground floor.

Plus! I find this encouraging: This commemorative plaque went up at the Amato this week.



Would anyone bother with a plaque if the building was going to turn into, say, a condo?

For further reading:
Amato Opera (Jeremiah's Vanishing NY)
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5 comments:

  1. Bowery BoogieJune 18, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    good point. let's hope there's no demolition.

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  2. Laura Goggin PhotographyJune 18, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    Encouraging...it would be nice to see preservation of some of the original elements.

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  3. Jeremiah MossJune 18, 2009 at 1:54 PM

    a very good sign indeed!

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  4. AnonymousJune 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the same guy who owns the illegal hotel next to the Hell's Angels bought this building, too.

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  5. EV GrieveJune 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    Steve Croman of Croman Real Estate?

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