Rose Kennedy Greenway

The key, in my mind, for these parcels is surrounding development. Right now, from Long Wharf, or from any other street;walking down to this portion of the park is basically going off the beaten path.

There is no retail...no entertainment...no residential...no shelter to make this area feel continuous with the meatier portions of the Greenway/Fanuel Hall.

The hotels and South Station are there but they are both their own sort of self-contained units and wont help too much with the basic foot traffic.

I would love to see a small independant movie theatre open up down there....
 
KentXie said:
That's awesome but we all know that's not going to happen. The NIMBYs are going to complain how an open space is not truly an "open space" if there's a canopy over it.
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^^I love it. Plus, the kids are having too much fun playing in the fountain now that the weather is nice, I think it is angering some residents in the area.

The Greenway is great.
 
kz1000ps said:
And I would love to have 10 million dollars.
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Yea it's a pipe dream but I fondly remember the pre-megaplex days when movie theatres were peppered throughout the entire city...

Remember the good ole Paris Threatre? The Charles River Park mega jumbo screen?
 
"...when movie theatres were peppered throughout the entire city..."

Yes, but were there ever theatres down by the Greenway? Ron would know for sure, but I don't think there were, as that area (especially post-1872) almost entirely consisted of warehouses and offices. Not that I'm trying to douse water on your dream, but it just won't happen without there being old spaces to reuse since an independent theatre could never afford new construction.

And my personal knowledge of the city only dates back to 2005; unfortunately those places you mentioned mean nothing to me.
 
The carousel at night on the greenway

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3759877783/

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The North End Fountains

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3759877763/

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And lastly they had some sort of photoshoot there 2 weeks ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3717173175/

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I wish there was a place to park I was hungry and would of bought something
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Do it like in a baseball game. Tell them to toss you one and you hand them the money.
 
Someone above mentioned movie theatres. The only movie theatres I can recall near what's now the Greenway:

Casino Theatre, 44 Hanover St, was one of the last of the Scollay Square theatres to close in 1962. It was primarily a live stage but also showed movies. The address no longer exists and is somewhere in City Hall Plaza today.

China Cinema was in the ugly garage building on the other side of the Greenway from the Chinatown Gate. It closed in 1987, leaving the area with no ethnic Chinese theatres.

Late in the summer each year, the outdoor Films at the Gate series shows a week of Chinese movies. It would make sense to move this out of its current parking-lot location and onto the Greenway.
 
Isn't there a small theater in a nondescript red brick building around Essex Street? There's a small plaque on the front and otherwise no other indication the building contains a theater. I swear I've seen interior photos somewhere.
 
Are you talking about the RKO Boston? That's neither small nor nondescript, though the entrance on Essex Street is both. (It's also nowhere near the Greenway.)
 
kz1000ps said:
"...when movie theatres were peppered throughout the entire city..."

Yes, but were there ever theatres down by the Greenway? Ron would know for sure, but I don't think there were, as that area (especially post-1872) almost entirely consisted of warehouses and offices. Not that I'm trying to douse water on your dream, but it just won't happen without there being old spaces to reuse since an independent theatre could never afford new construction.

And my personal knowledge of the city only dates back to 2005; unfortunately those places you mentioned mean nothing to me.
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cinema's don't have to be that large -- if it was still running in 05, remember the small rooms @ the nick? there are/were also a couple of small ones @ davis and the BFVF used to have a showing room that would seat maybe 30 around the corner from where the paris was.

i do miss the larger places like the paris and cambridge st., though -- would be nice to have more of them.
 
Ron, it isn't the RKO Boston. I distinctly remember a red brick building, maybe closer to the Lincoln Street garage than Essex Street, which had a plaque commemorating a theater. Later, probably on Cinema Treasures or maybe it was that book on Boston theaters, I saw photos of the interior. It's a rather small and somewhat seemingly improvised space.
 
The plaque is still on the building as of 2006-7. I remember seeing it on the way to lunch in Chinatown and thinking it was odd.

The interior shots might be in this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Theaters-Bost...=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249934707&sr=1-4

Or some urban exploration/photography website. I just remember seeing the photos and having it 'click' in my head.

It's quite the oddity without a listing on Cinema Treasures. When it isn't oppressively hot I'll take a walk down there and try to find it again.
 
today at it's peak
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99 High is still replaceing windows so pardon the ropes
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