New Plaza Cinemas

When Lincoln Plaza Cinemas closed this past times Jan afterwards most 4 decades inwards business, many New Yorkers were heartbroken. People talked of saving it, amongst nearly 12,000 signing a petition to choke along it running, but it shuttered simply the same.

In the struggle for this honey painting exhibit theater, ane long-time Upper West Sider took action.



Norma Levy is a Yale Law School graduate too practicing lawyer. While she has done non-profit function inwards the past, she told me she has "never done anything similar this" before. For Lincoln Plaza, she simply had to produce something. "I decided at that spot has to last a mode to recreate the cinema," she said. "It's likewise tragic to lose."

At the memorial service for painting exhibit theatre co-owner Dan Talbot a few months ago, Levy handed out flyers bespeak people to aid revive Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Thirty people showed upwards for a coming together too together they formed New Plaza Cinema Inc.

The grouping has enlisted 2 Lincoln Plaza veterans who chose the films too managed the painting exhibit theatre inwards recent years, including erstwhile full general director Ewnetu Admassu. They select formed a board too launched a website. Their mission is to "create too operate a novel painting exhibit theatre devoted to character independent too unusual films on the Upper West Side of Manhattan."

Ideally, the grouping would similar to recreate the painting exhibit theatre inwards the same location. Building possessor Howard Milstein seems opened upwards to that possibility. His lawyer is inwards talks amongst New Plaza Cinema Inc., too the location has non been rented to anyone yet. "The infinite is yet upwards for grabs," said Levy, too she hopes her grouping tin select handgrip of it. If not, they'll expect for roughly other infinite inwards the neighborhood.

Rebooting the painting exhibit theatre is certain to last challenging inwards a high-rent neighborhood where then many of the spaces larn to national chains too banks. Whether it's inwards the old spot or someplace new, it volition last an expensive venture. New Plaza Cinema is looking for fiscal partners too supporters. They also demand dedicated people to bring together their grouping too aid convey dorsum what was a honey too of import optic for both the local community too the painting exhibit theatre industry.

Visit New Plaza Cinema's website too Facebook page. Join their mailing list. If you lot tin help, drib them a trace at newplazacinema@gmail.com. And larn to their adjacent meeting, Apr 17 at 7:00 p.m. (Email nlevynyc@aol.com for the location.)

As Levy said, "People are desolate" since the closing. New Yorkers all across the metropolis miss this cinema--and they desire it back.




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