Post by CharlenePost by Bob FeigelOn Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:04:18 -0700, Garondo Marondo
Post by Garondo MarondoOpened: May 15, 1963 - Closed: September 3, 2007
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I did a quick google to find out what AMC Orleans 8 was and came
"Times aren't available for AMC Orleans 8 at the moment. Try back
later and hopefully we'll have them then."
It's a theatre! I honestly thought it was a car dealership.
Sorry. AMC is the largest movie chain in the US, and one of the
biggest in the world itself.
Here's the post I made in the film group about the theatre's passing:
I learned this weekend of the closing of the theatre where I saw
hundreds and hundreds of films during my lifetime. After doing a web
search I learned it closed on September 3.
It was 44 years after opening its doors on Wednesday, May 15, 1963.
The first film to play at the theatre "The Day Of Wine And Roses" it
was the flagship in the Goldman Theatre chain a single theatre at
first it later was split in half and became a twin, more additions
were added to the original building over the years until eventually
becoming the AMC Orleans.
I had not been to the theatre since around 2000 when the decline in
quality became too much to ignore, AMC is partly to blame for not
fixing things but the neighborhoods has been going downhill for over a
decade now. From what I can gather AMC's lease was not renewed and the
theatre will be demolished to make way for a Target department store,
something that really isn't needed in the area.
This brings the number of movie theatres in Northeast Philadelphia to
a paltry two. The AMC Franklin Mills 14, and the horrendous UA Grant
8, otherwise you'll need to travel to the suburbs or downtown to
Center City. This was the last of the theatres I went to as a child
and young adult growing up in NE Philly. The Devon, The Mayfair, The
Castor, The GCC Northeast, Leo theatre, Sam/Eric theatre, and now the
Orleans all of them are now gone and the neighborhoods are all the
worse because of this lose.
There is a lengthy thread on this site where you can follow the rumors
of the Orleans being closed back in 2004 all the way through until it
finally happened. Some impassioned film goers, some history and
memories the Orleans and about other theatres in the area as well. The
site itself covers theatres from all over.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/3328/
This link is deep inside the thread on the site I wrote of, its really
sad to see any theatre die. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g176/dld2006/100_5997.jpg
