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THEATRE CONSTRUCTION UNABATED
A new, 600-seat house for the now theatreless town of Mount Kiscoe, N.Y.
The Spring Valley (N.Y.) Theatre incorporates seven stores in the building.
Pine Hollow Theatre, Oyster Bay, L.I., will have 600 seats, parking for 200 cars.
T HE CONTINUING upsurge in new theatre construction is typified by the sketches reproduced on these pages, theatres which are under construction or nearing completion. They represent, of course, only a very few of the new buildings going up across the country, but are indicative of the superlative design and structural features incorporated in the new’ indoor houses and drive-ins by contemporary theatre architects.
All these are from the versatile pen and drawing board of Drew Eberson, New York City.
ENTRANCE FROM PARKING LOT
The Mount Kiscoe Theatre is being built in Mt. Kiscoe, an old, established, but growing Westchester town which has no theatre, and the new house has the full support and, in fact, was demanded by the citizens. The 600-seat house adjoins the municipal parking area with a separate entrance from the parking lot to the main lobby as well as the normal entrance from Main Street.
The exterior blends into the decor of Westchester County by utilizing native stone and white brick. The theatre is being built by Howard Lesser, lessee and John R. Martabano, owner.
The new Spring Valley (N.Y.) Theatre is also a 600-seat house. It is of stadium type and has television lounges. The theatre incorporates the latest in theatre design and 22-inch seats will be set 39 inches back-to-back.
The exterior incorporates the Eberson blue terra cotta screen, and the theatre adjoins the municipal parking area to the rear and a covered walkway protects the patrons in their travel to the boxoffice. The building also incorporates seven stores, five of them being under the auditorium proper. The theatre is being built by Sam Eidelberg for Howard Lesser who will operate it with his son, Ronald.
A NEW ONE FOR OYSTER BAY
The Pine Hollow Theatre is being built in Oyster Bay, L.I., for Skouras Theatres. It will have 600 seats, be fully air conditioned and is designed to utilize all types of sound and projection. There is a 200car parking lot.
The second All-Weather Theatre for Prudential Theatres has opened in Smithtown, L.I. The drive-in theatre has car space for 1,200, with room for expansion to 1,500. There is a 600-seat enclosed theatre, dining and viewing deck for the exterior and, in general, the layout follows the theme of Eberson’s original All-Weather in Babylon, LJ.
The College Theatre, an 800-seat-house, is to be built on the University of Connecti
cut campus at Storrs, 25 miles east of Hartford, for Stanley-Warner Management Corp. There will be a 200-car parking lot. Opening target date is early fall. At present the university has no theatre.
Projects announced earlier this year include the La Mirada Theatre, Los Angeles, a 1 ,200-seat house located in the La Mirada
Shopping Center, for Stanley Warner, and the Trans-Lux, 500-seat theatre on 58th Street and Third Avenue, New York City, contained in a 22-story office and apartment building.
Other projects underway are a 600-seat theatre in Closter Plaza Shopping Center, Closter Plaza, N.J., for Skouras Theatres;
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