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The marquee at Clearview Cinema’s Warner Quad Theatre now carries this rather eerie message: “Closed For Renovations.”
Opened in 1930, this Art Deco neighborhood palace was originally part of the Warner circuit. The Warner later became part of the Stanley-Warner chain and then the merged units of RKO-Stanley-Warner.
As the decades worn on, the Warner lost its grand, signature Warner sign. In 1981, Cineplex Odeon purchased the theater and it has since been converted into a four screen house.
Part of the Clearview Cinemas circuit since 1998, the Warner Quad offers a healthy diet of first run commercial and art house fare and its asymmetrical Deco facade continues to highlight Ridgewood Avenue.
The Fly certainly hopes that this historic facility will soon reopen.
PS. A phone call to the Village’s building and zoning department revealed that no building permits have yet been issued for interior demolition or new construction.
I ask you; who in their right mind would close up shop “for renovations” without having a building permit in hand?
>It’ll probably reopen as two banks and two restaurants.
>Losing the cinema would be a real loss to Ridgewood.
>I HOPE THEY CLEAN IT UP AND GET RID OF THE FLYS THAT ARE IN THAT PLACE.HUMMMMMMMMM.
>A phone call to the Village’s building and zoning department revealed that no building permits have yet been issued for interior demolition or new construction.
I ask you; who in their right mind would close up shop “for renovations” without having a building permit in hand?
I smell a skunk!
>Guys- let’s all step back for a minute here- the signs say the place will re-open in mid November and if you look inside (as we did tonight) you can clearly see that they have already ripped out all the counters and are indeed working. I think its pretty clear that they will be back- and soon. Let’s just hope that they keep the old time charm of the place- and not go crazy with the neon.
>Where’s their building permit?
>Perhaps they are not doing anything that requires a building permit…replacing the carpeting, counters and painting do not require a permit…..
>Permit was applied for, but not granted yet.
>that is not a surprise….it takes forever to get tony merlino to issue a permit…
>”it takes forever to get tony merlino to issue a permit…”
I again ask: What sane business owner would close for renovations without first having approval to perform said renovations? Especially in Ridgewood!
>The theater is owned by a chain….do you really think that people sitting in a corporate office somewhere in america would stop and think about how long it would take for a permit to be issued in Ridgewood…when it probably should be issued quite quickly given the type of work that was being done…
there are plenty of jobs that start here in town without the permit being issued….just can’t get the work inspected until you get the permit….
>”there are plenty of jobs that start here in town without the permit being issued….just can’t get the work inspected until you get the permit….”
Legally, work isn’t supposed to start until a permit is issued and paid for. It’s all about revenue generation and collection!