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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 09-22-2003 09:32 PM

Check out the Rockwell Group, who designed the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland, and have done quite a bit of theatre design for Sony/Loews and the Cirque du Soleil Theatre in Orlando (near ShowEast):

http://www.rockwellgroup.com/architecture/theatres/kodak.html

http://www.rockwellgroup.com/architecture/theatres/starloews.html

http://www.rockwellgroup.com/architecture/theatres/cirque.html

Also try Gensler, Mesbur&Smith, and TK Architects:

http://www.gensler.com/entertainment/index.htm

http://www.mesbursmith.com

http://www.tkarchitects.com/home.htm

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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 975
From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 09-23-2003 12:49 PM

THANKS, MARTIN,

for correcting me. I never visited the Sony theatre but relied on advance publicity in the newspapers. The closest I worked was the underground Lincoln Plaza Triplex, which I think went to five screens, across the avenue from Lincoln Center, and the Screening Room a couple of blocks north.

I'm relieved that many theatres are on the same level; otherwise the projectionists might have to fight off "the bends" going up and down to the various booths.

I recalled the Sony theatre as an alternative to the mindless uniformity with which some multiplexes are built. In NYC, where Manhattan Island is built on hard schist bedrock and real estate is fantastically expensive, there's nowhere to go but up, resulting in theatres below ground or requiring escalators. Horizontal one-booth multiplexes, like the Whitestone 14-plex, (where I have worked) are located in the outer counties.

Gerard
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BTW, I pass the Trylon and Elmwood every day. They were run by Loews, (then Sony?), and have both been closed for a long time. Lately there has been some cleanup at the Elmwood, like graffiti removal. Have you any idea what plans might be for either of these theatres?
GC

[ 09-23-2003, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: Gerard S. Cohen ]

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