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- For now it’s lights remain on.
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- The marque lights up at night eluding to a novel time in theater going.
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- The first floor concession stand gets busy on occasion.
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- Employees still strut the classic bow tie and vest attire.
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- Halls are quite.
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- The view from the window however, is still lovely.
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- The old cafe is now a standard concession stand.
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- Screen sizes no longer impress.
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- Few people attend show times.
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- The projection rooms used to house a monitoring man.
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- “Out of Order” signs mark faulty furniture.
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- Some patrons take advantage of the missing seats by utilizing the extra leg room.
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- Many seats are in need of repair here.
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- Old photographs of the neighborhood give it that homey feel.
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- Movie goers are directed to the appropriate theater.
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- There are no self-serve ticket dispensers here.
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- The old school theater uses printed papers taped to the ticket booth to display show times, rather than getting out the ladder to change the marque.
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- The Pavilion Movie Theater sits across from Prospect Park, at the top of a notorious Slope.
The Pavilion movie theatre is a Park Slope staple, but where there was once a cozy neighborhood hang out, now stands a deteriorating empty memory.
The Pavilion Theatre occupies a beautiful historic building facing Prospect Park. For years it served as the neighborhood theatre, at one time it had a separate entrance that lead straight to the café located on the second floor. Every weekend children, parents, and teens lined up outside to buy tickets or pranksters tried to sneak from the café entrance into a theatre, either way it was alive. But today the theatre remains quite. The café is now a second concession stand, the theatre screens, chairs, and décor have not been renovated in years, and with the recent bed bug scare people aren’t braving it.
The place still has charm, employees wear white button down shirts, bow ties, and black vests like I imagine they did when the first movie theatre opened in 1906. But charm can only take it so far, sheets of paper that read “seat out of order” on the backs of movie seats are all too common. Every theatre room has missing seats all together or half disassembled ones. Stains on the curtains, floors, and seats are unforgivable, and on top of everything else there is a definite foul odor. Yet the theatre remains open seven days a week and some loyal patrons do still attend show times.
It’s hard to say how much longer The Pavilion can carry on in its current state, but some believe it doesn’t intend to. When the people stop going all together I wouldn’t surprise me if they simply shut the doors and converted it into luxury condos.
Your shots of the run down parts of theater that are very easily overlooked are really well done. This is a very classic looking and excellently lit project. Very nice.
I absolutely loved this collection of photos. The black and white really sets a tone and mood considering it is about an old movie theatre and how it’s gotten so dilapidated over the years. The details were excellent.