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Upper West Side Theater Is Sold After Governor Allocates $3.5 Million
A nonprofit bought the landmark Metro Theater after receiving financial support from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and ...
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Upper West Side’s Metro Theater on track to reopen after 20 years
The long-vacant Metro Theater on the Upper West Side has finally been sold after receiving a $3.5 million funding boost from ...
New Arthouse Cinema To Rise On Upper West Side At Site Of Old Metro Theater With Grants From NY State, Private Donors Including Steven Spielberg
The former Metro theater on Broadway and 99th Street is set to be turned into a five-screen arthouse theater thanks to grants ...
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Shuttered for 20 years, iconic art deco Upper West Side cinema on path to reopening
The landmark Metro Theater first opened in 1933, but has remained shuttered since 2005. A nonprofit group purchased the ...
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Historic Upper West Side theater saved in $6.9M acquisition deal
Local nonprofit group the Upper West Side Cinema Center finalized a $6.9 million deal to acquire the beloved Metro Theater at ...
Landmarked NYC cinema could finally reopen two decades after shuttering its doors
A newly formed nonprofit is hoping to breathe new life into a landmarked cinema house in Manhattan thanks to a couple of grants awarded by the state in an effort to resurrect an Upper West Side ...
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Editor’s Note: Saving the Upper West Side’s Metro Theater is nothing short of a miracle
An effort to bring the landmarked venue back as a nonprofit is welcome news for New York’s struggling brick-and-mortar ...
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New York’s Metro Theater Gets New Lease on Life as Ira Deutchman-Led Non-Profit Buys Historic Cinema
The Metro Theater in New York City has been purchased by the newly formed nonprofit Upper West Side Cinema Center for $6.9 million. The purchase was supported by $3.5 million from Gov. Kathy ...