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This video shows my all time favorite movie theater in Montreal. As a teenager spent many a weekend hanging out with friends and on dates. Fell on hard times in the nineties thanks to the multi-plex theater. Watch the video to at least the halfway mark.
Gustavo
YouTube - Urban Exploration: Cinema 5 - Montreal / NDG
Wow, it looks like it was quite the place. Is it open to the elements? How could it be deteriorating so fast? It looks like it's been sitting a lot longer than the the mid-90's.
..agreed: looks like it's from some post-apocalyptic flick like Planet of the Apes. Perhaps the piles of dirt in the chairs and dust on those nice TAR-FILLED horns is from a jack-hammer job?
Jon a.
You're right, now that I thought about it, mid to late eighties was about the time when the theater began to have problems staying in business. It open and closed under different management several times before finally shutting down for good about '91, '92. Over the last several years there has been talk by community groups and the town to restore the building to it's former status, but all has failed due to a lack of funds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio_by_Goodwill
Cheers
I remember this theater . It was the place to go for a quick start to a relationship.
This will hurt even more . It was the only theater with a fold up curtain.Very Expensive.
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Are these speakers still there that as in the video or photographs?
Who would you contact to go get them if you were in the area?
If I was local , I would be trying to get some contact info, or go rouge........
-chris
There used to be an Adult Cinema in Kansas City that was good for that too...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by LICORNE
Judging by the appearance of the building materials and pipe insulation, a whole bunch of that "dust" is most likely asbestos... not a place one would want to hang out in now.Quote:
Originally Posted by aeyb701
Just wear a dust mask. Those tar filled horns should not be lost! They sure don't make them like that anymore.
"Heaven rest us
I'm not asbestos"
That video was taken a year ago and the speakers were still there after almost two decades, very tempted to drop by and find out. Short distance from my place of work, a local community center still has an office in the building, it might be worth dropping in to see if they are still there and worth saving if they can be had cheap. Already have a pair of A7-500, would make for a very cramped space.Quote:
Originally Posted by oface1
Cheers
There is another speaker at the end of the vid. Hey, that's great.....I use to do the urban exploring years ago. You really should check it out. Those are 1940's era speakers there.
There is an old theater like that in DC....but completely boarded up and chained with do not enter upon penalty of arrest signs all over it. I'd really like to take a look inside.
My guess is that a lot of the old Altec stuff just got the wrecking ball along with the building. Most were probably pushed aside for more modern stuff before the theatre folded.
As this was theatre stuff, probably more than a few theatres across the country have them sitting abonded in the back....waiting for someone to claim them. There are folks doing this for a living....AEP30? Or whatever he uses for a name now. He travels the country looking....and I doubt he is alone. Since he is from Portland, I don't bother.....he probably got most or all of it. I know another fellow who did the same.
No matter to me, I've bought from AEP...and scored well! We met, he delivered, nice guy, but a business man.
Still, doesn't it amaze you how much Altec stuff is on Ebay? They were huge in their time. It's why we hoard a bit so to speak....what a great company ahead of their time.
Ron
There was an old Lowes Theater in Syracuse NY (now called Landmark Theater). I too spent much of my youth going to movies in that theater. By the late 70's is was in about as bad shape as this one is. But an action committee was formed and the theater was saved. It is no where near what it use to be....But at least they saved it. To restore it to it's original would cost MILLIONS. Just to replace one of the chandeliers would have cost $400.
SD-50...
Ahh man that would be waaaaay too tempting for me not to resist......
Too bad I am only 1k from there or I would be on those like white on rice.....
Hmmm,, wonder if the wife is interested in a weekend road trip, lol!!!
-chris