Talk:Mainstreet Theater: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 15:37, 14 June 2009

Missouri Start‑class Low‑importance

	Missouri portal This article is part of WikiProject Missouri, a WikiProject related to the U.S. state of Missouri. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.MissouriWikipedia:WikiProject MissouriTemplate:WikiProject MissouriMissouri articles
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Kansas City Start‑class Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Kansas City, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles about Kansas City, Missouri, and the surrounding metropolitan area on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Kansas CityWikipedia:WikiProject Kansas CityTemplate:WikiProject Kansas CityKansas City articles
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the importance scale.

National Register of Historic Places Start‑class

	National Register of Historic Places portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject National Register of Historic Places, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of U.S. historic sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.National Register of Historic PlacesWikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic PlacesTemplate:WikiProject National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places articles
Start	This article has been rated as Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

I spoke to an AMC executive Feb. 11th, 2009 and the current goal is to open March 7th. K8 fan (talk) 00:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They obviously missed that goal, but the restaurant will open on March 27, 2009. K8 fan (talk) 18:44, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There was a recent revision that claimed the theaters opened on April 18th. But the AMCtheatres.com web site still lists the theater as "under construction" and has no showtimes listed, as does the AMC-owned | moviewatcher.com site. Is there a source for this? K8 fan (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

a tunnel in the basement?

The article refers to a tunnel between the theater and the President Hotel across the street. I think that the story of a tunnel is an urban legend. I and some other people were in the basement of the Empire Theater (as it was then called) in the summer of 2005. We were particularly interested in finding the legendary tunnel. I examined the north wall of the basement, which was the area of the theater closest to the hotel. The basement was in a shambles. Water had leaked in for decades. But the décor and the configuration of the rooms appeared to be original; i.e., from when the theater was built in the 1920's. Along the north wall, running from west to east, there was a stairwell lobby, a men's room (not sure), a motor room, an employee locker room, a women's room and a large circular women's lounge. There was a small storage room. I took many pictures. There was no sign of a tunnel, nor any indication that there had once been a tunnel which was later sealed.

We had complete access to the entire basement. Nowhere was there any indication of a tunnel. We even crawled through all of the cramped spaces underneath the theater seating. These areas were like tunnels, but their real purpose was to provide air-conditioning up to the auditorium overhead.

In the fall of 2006, I was in the theater again. At that time, interior demolition was underway. All of the plaster and walls had been removed, including all of the decorative stuff. There were no interior partitions or rooms. All that remained was the cement slab floors and steel structure. In the basement, the north wall of the foundation was exposed, probably for the first time since it was built. Again, there was no indication that there had once been a tunnel. All I saw was a smooth cement foundation wall. Peterbillionaire (talk) 15:36, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 :They obviously missed that goal, but the restaurant will open on March 27, 2009. [[User:K8 fan|K8 fan]] ([[User talk:K8 fan|talk]]) 18:44, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 ::There was a recent revision that claimed the theaters opened on April 18th. But the AMCtheatres.com web site still lists the theater as "under construction" and has no showtimes listed, as does the AMC-owned [http://www.moviewatcher.com/theatres/theatre_information.jsp?unit=11 | moviewatcher.com site]. Is there a source for this? [[User:K8 fan|K8 fan]] ([[User talk:K8 fan|talk]]) 16:01, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
+== a tunnel in the basement? ==
+The article refers to a tunnel between the theater and the President Hotel across the street. I think that the story of a tunnel is an urban legend. I and some other people were in the basement of the Empire Theater (as it was then called) in the summer of 2005. We were particularly interested in finding the legendary tunnel. I examined the north wall of the basement, which was the area of the theater closest to the hotel. The basement was in a shambles. Water had leaked in for decades. But the décor and the configuration of the rooms appeared to be original; i.e., from when the theater was built in the 1920's. Along the north wall, running from west to east, there was a stairwell lobby, a men's room (not sure), a motor room, an employee locker room, a women's room and a large circular women's lounge. There was a small storage room. I took many pictures. There was no sign of a tunnel, nor any indication that there had once been a tunnel which was later sealed.
+We had complete access to the entire basement. Nowhere was there any indication of a tunnel. We even crawled through all of the cramped spaces underneath the theater seating. These areas were like tunnels, but their real purpose was to provide air-conditioning up to the auditorium overhead.
+In the fall of 2006, I was in the theater again. At that time, interior demolition was underway. All of the plaster and walls had been removed, including all of the decorative stuff. There were no interior partitions or rooms. All that remained was the cement slab floors and steel structure. In the basement, the north wall of the foundation was exposed, probably for the first time since it was built. Again, there was no indication that there had once been a tunnel. All I saw was a smooth cement foundation wall. [[User:Peterbillionaire|Peterbillionaire]] ([[User talk:Peterbillionaire|talk]]) 15:36, 14 June 2009 (UTC)