tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post2009177778205837480..comments2024-03-28T20:50:27.862-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: EVG flashback: When 72 Avenue B was a luxurious 1,750-seat theaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42875973726800829452011-11-24T11:06:31.294-05:002011-11-24T11:06:31.294-05:00BTW, $800,000 in 1913 (the cost to build the theat...BTW, $800,000 in 1913 (the cost to build the theater) would be $18,296,646 today.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-24257928967002698382011-11-23T15:12:55.973-05:002011-11-23T15:12:55.973-05:00At first, it struck me that even in those times, A...At first, it struck me that even in those times, Ave. B was an odd place to put a movie palace, but that last bit about Lowe having been born on that spot was really very touching.<br /><br />It seems like Lowe was not just in the movie business to make money, he must have really loved the movie-going experience and wanted to bring that joy to the impoverished neighborhood of his childhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-14111838268489949612011-11-23T14:44:59.147-05:002011-11-23T14:44:59.147-05:00Oh, how I wish to have been around when all these ...Oh, how I wish to have been around when all these great theaters were the rage. There must have been endless opportunities for entertainment.Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-75807384968843176062011-11-23T13:55:48.405-05:002011-11-23T13:55:48.405-05:00And "the Commodore on Second Avenue" men...And "the Commodore on Second Avenue" mentioned in the article later became the Fillmore East.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66823919330721432502011-11-23T12:15:18.896-05:002011-11-23T12:15:18.896-05:00The Avenue B Theatre was reduced to playing movies...The Avenue B Theatre was reduced to playing movies at the end of their Loew’s circuit run, and remained so until its closure around 1957-58. I don’t know if anyone operated the theatre after that. It was eventually demolished and replaced by a nursing facility.Mould Treatmenthttp://www.igoe.ie/condensationproblems-mouldonwalls-anticondensationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18826501160493547492011-11-23T11:23:39.979-05:002011-11-23T11:23:39.979-05:00@10:14AM
yeah, just like nobody knows what an ope...@10:14AM<br /><br />yeah, just like nobody knows what an opera house is these days...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-48913431351238378632011-11-23T10:14:30.405-05:002011-11-23T10:14:30.405-05:00While I pine for the LES of my youth, I'm pret...While I pine for the LES of my youth, I'm pretty sure that we're not too far removed from the day when we'll hear the question "what's a movie theater ?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com