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Author Topic: Uptown Theater ditches quality projectionists in search of a crappy presentation Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 07-23-2007 08:16 AM                     Quite a number of ex cinemas over here have been taken over by various churches in fairly recent times, say the last twenty years or so.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-23-2007 08:49 AM                     A new definition to the phrase "cathedral of the movies"  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-23-2007 09:04 AM                        quote: Chris Slycord I don't follow. It's a somewhat common occurrence for a church that lacks a normal worship/assembly place to rent out space in theaters, other churches, schools, etc. It'd be unlikely for them to take the place over like that. Plus, even if they had the cash to buy the place (which they probably don't, otherwise they would've bought space already) they'd likely need money to renovate to their liking as well. I'll try to avoid drifting into the religion and politics area's, but from what I've seen, this church is pretty rich and already has a place in VA (in a very rich town over by the CIA) and that it has decided to do "missionary" work in the very rich neighborhood in which the Uptown is located. The neighborhood is very supportive of the Uptown and wants it to stay a movie theatre, and was concerned that it was going to go full time church. I'm about 1000 miles removed from it, so I'm relying on friends in the area. The links, alas are at home. And, yes, the DC area has many, many old theaters that are now churches.  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 07-23-2007 10:23 AM                     The Elim Pentecostal Church bought the Coronet Theatre (also known as the Gaumont 1950-1977), Notting Hill in London, fortunately it has remained a cinema. Brief History of the Coronet Theatre since 1898. Screen two was constructed in the old stage area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_Coronet Dates corrected and history link improved. [ 07-24-2007, 04:37 AM: Message edited by: Bernard Tonks ]  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-25-2007 07:36 PM                     Theaters may be converted into churches here and there, some probably should be but those that have been to the Uptown would hate to see it come to an end. Besides, If memory serves me the National Cathedral right down the street a ways form the Uptown. Ya don't need much more church than that! Mark  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-25-2007 08:37 PM                     Guess I had just never heard of such a thing happening. Around here, churches pretty much only go for their own building and go to places like theaters to wait until they get their chance for a place of their own.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-26-2007 01:28 AM                     Chris, once you head westward past the Rockies, then you see some of this - theatres converted to churches..  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-26-2007 02:05 AM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer Chris, once you head westward past the Rockies, then you see some of this - theatres converted to churches.. I'm in Seattle, so I know a bit about going west. Though I'm moving to Houston for grad school in September. But that's not related to this obviously. Oh and I remembered that our head manager had, in fact, talked to the pastor of the church that used to meet at our cinema about the possibility of buying the Totem Lake Cinemas for their church (since it had been empty for at least a few months at the time). But by now the place is reopened by some local owners and doing nothing but Bollywood features. But I was more indicating that I'd think it strange for simply the fact that a church meets there for one service means that the place is being taken over; the church I mentioned was at my theater because they didn't have their own place and wanted an accessible location.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-26-2007 09:15 AM                     quote: Monte L Fullmer Chris, once you head westward past the Rockies, then you see some of this - theatres converted to churches.. There are'nt any conversions here in SLC.... the Morons just mow em down with a bulldozer and build a new temple. Mark  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-26-2007 09:52 AM                     There are a lot of former Loews, RKO and other large theatres that have been converted into churches here in New York City, since the 1970's. One of the largest is the former Loew's 175th. Street "Wonder Theatre" it seated 3400 people and the old Warner Hollywood Theatre (Times Square Church) which seats 1500 people in Times Square.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-26-2007 01:36 PM                     ( Okey, Mark - quit being so mean now. I know that getting older gets one a bit more meaner... but, all of them aren't that bad) And I'm bad too - meant to say "heading EASTWARD" ... not westward....shouldn't be tying when super tired.. But, did like the Wikipedia story on the Coronet. Is the "Gaumont" the same "Gaumont" in the Gaumont-Kalee projector?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-26-2007 03:38 PM                     I'm hardly what would be classified a mean person. I just tell it like it is. Not many historical buildings left in SLC except church related. Sad indeed! Mark  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-26-2007 04:19 PM                     Oh do agree - I remember when the UPTOWN in SLC came down (huge downtown palace) for the ZCMI mall on the corner of Main and 1st So in the late 60's. But, that old palace really needed to come down being that it the land that the whole block was on was more valuable than the buildings that were there, let alone those buildings were way too far gone for restoration. And, same as the block that the old Centre was on the corner of Main and Broadway (300 so.)-theatre was still in great shape, but everything around it was too far gone, along with the land value being tons more valuable. ..guess you can call it "moving forward with land utilization" instead of just letting old buildings sit for memory's sake..and costing the owners excessive property taxes. Course, the city did the same here in Boise: Had a grandeur palace - as grand as the Egyptain, called the Pinney - but the block that the Pinney was located in was in horrible decay, thus the entire block came down for the newer and the better and not bothering doing anything with the Pinney. Only thing that remains of the Pinney is the granite nameplate that was on the corner of the property, is now located at the park of the Fort Boise area. -Monte  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 07-26-2007 04:32 PM                     Like Bill said, a lot of the old big theaters are converted to churches around here. More so in the surrounding counties. It seems like they are everywhere. They take care of the buildings and I have really never heard of any problems. Maybe one day they will leave and the theater will run again..........Wishful thinking.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 07-26-2007 07:22 PM                     A couple churches expressed interest in the Byrd Theatre over the last 6 or 8 years, none could come up with the asking price. One came close though.  |  IP: Logged

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