Tag: metro theater

With the interior torn out, the space offers a blank slate to create a new cinema from scratch, without compromise.

In the Rag’s archives, you can find a promise of something “new” for the Metro as far back as May 17, 2011.

The nonprofit looking to purchase the Metro Theater needs to raise the $7 million by the end of 2024.

"I have long viewed the abandoned Metro Theater as a storied woman of a certain age, yearning for lasting love."

West Side Rag has learned that a new plan to reopen the legendary, long-shuttered Metro Theater is in the works.

The Metro Theater will not be reopening as an Alamo Drafthouse Theater location, according to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

“I can’t tell you the details but you are going to be very happy. This place is going to be great."

"God, please let this happen. Seriously, it's a wonderful day!"

The process of reopening the Metro is moving along. Register for the Zoom meeting here.

Levine said the magic words: "I spoke to the owners of the entity and they have signed a lease

The Metro Theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th Streets, which has been closed for 17 years, is coming back

The neighborhood is quivering with excitement -- as the tips come in. There's construction going on -- actual construction -- at the long vacant Metro Theater

The Metro Theater, on Broadway between 99th and 100th Streets, has been closed for 17 years

The famous old Metro Theater on 100th and Broadway, vacant for years, will really really get a new tenant soon, Councilmember Mark Levine said on Tuesday.

The Metro Theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th street is one step closer to becoming a gym. Builders filed permits

The historic Metro Theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th streets has been rented to Planet Fitness, a low-cost gym chain, according to Councilman Mark Levine.

There's been construction activity at the long-vacant Metro Theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th streets, and that's got tongues flapping.

Sigh. The Alamo Drafthouse company will not be opening up a new movie theater in the former Metro Theater after all. The Texas-based theater company announced this morning that the project to create a new five-screen moviehouse in the historic theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th streets was simply ...

The Alamo Drafthouse movie theater is finally beginning to take shape on Broadway between 99th and 100th streets in the former Metro Theater, and founder Tim League recently stopped by the site and took some photos of the early work. It's quite an undertaking: They're taking a cavernous 80-year-old theater ...

The Alamo Drafthouse is just starting to get the permits necessary to build a new movie theater at 2626 Broadway between 99th and 100th street. But they've already revealed their new menu, and it's filled with a wide array of foods for all hours of the day and night (yes, ...