Comments on: Hidden in a Rite Aid, Ghosts of an Old Movie Theater http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606 Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cheryl http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606&cpage=1#comment-5223 Cheryl Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:18:57 +0000 http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606#comment-5223 I fondly remember watching the Disney Film Festivals every Saturday afternoon (Witch Mountain, Fantasia, Bad News Bears films, etc.) in the mid to late 70s at the Meserole...the box office back then was in the same location as the ticket booth in your photo from the 70s... in the early 80s it was "the place to be" to go roller skating...the ramp to the far left (facing the back wall/screen area) was the way on to the rink and the other side (skating in a counter-clockwise fashion) was the way back up. The concession was where the actual pharmacy counter is located now; to the left and right were the lockers. every time I get a chance I go into the Rite Aid to see the old disco ball...it brings back such great memories...I hope they NEVER take it down! I fondly remember watching the Disney Film Festivals every Saturday afternoon (Witch Mountain, Fantasia, Bad News Bears films, etc.) in the mid to late 70s at the Meserole…the box office back then was in the same location as the ticket booth in your photo from the 70s…

in the early 80s it was “the place to be” to go roller skating…the ramp to the far left (facing the back wall/screen area) was the way on to the rink and the other side (skating in a counter-clockwise fashion) was the way back up. The concession was where the actual pharmacy counter is located now; to the left and right were the lockers.

every time I get a chance I go into the Rite Aid to see the old disco ball…it brings back such great memories…I hope they NEVER take it down!

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]]> By: Karen Colizzi Noonan http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606&cpage=1#comment-5132 Karen Colizzi Noonan Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:16:52 +0000 http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606#comment-5132 Join the fight to tell the story of these great, lost, theaters and celebrate the ones that still shine! Theatre Historical Society exists to do just that. www.historictheatres.org Our quarterly magazine, MARQUEE, is full of photos and information. Our archive and museum in Elmhurst IL is there to serve professional and amateur researchers alike. Check us out! Join the fight to tell the story of these great, lost, theaters and celebrate the ones that still shine! Theatre Historical Society exists to do just that. http://www.historictheatres.org Our quarterly magazine, MARQUEE, is full of photos and information. Our archive and museum in Elmhurst IL is there to serve professional and amateur researchers alike. Check us out!

]]> By: Chris Pollack http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606&cpage=1#comment-5069 Chris Pollack Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:55:39 +0000 http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606#comment-5069 I was about to reply since i didn't see anything about it being a Genovese until i saw the comments.I lived in Brooklyn until '92 or so and i remember sneaking into the city from Driggs Ave. with my older brother and sister..I'm real glad i found this website i remember walking around this place a few times, and oddly enough i've worked for Eckerd,now RiteAid for 4 years now. I was about to reply since i didn’t see anything about it being a Genovese until i saw the comments.I lived in Brooklyn until ’92 or so and i remember sneaking into the city from Driggs Ave. with my older brother and sister..I’m real glad i found this website i remember walking around this place a few times, and oddly enough i’ve worked for Eckerd,now RiteAid for 4 years now.

]]> By: Olive http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606&cpage=1#comment-3224 Olive Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:29:07 +0000 http://www.scoutingny.com/?p=1606#comment-3224 Thanks for the amazing blog! I may have missed it in your post or the comments, but has anyone mentioned that the dome over the pharmacy (in front of the concessions) is actually a whisper dome? If you have one person stand at each end of the oval and whisper, the sound carries right to your ear. Thanks for the amazing blog!
I may have missed it in your post or the comments, but has anyone mentioned that the dome over the pharmacy (in front of the concessions) is actually a whisper dome? If you have one person stand at each end of the oval and whisper, the sound carries right to your ear.

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