Re: Beer Garden
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:59 am
That's a lot of cranes... is it the seeds of a revolution? The cranes are taking over! *panics*
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That's a lot of cranes... is it the seeds of a revolution? The cranes are taking over! *panics*
It will likely benefit from the Gawler Place upgrade though so there might be hope for it yet.The Scooter Guy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:18 pmParc Arcade is nearly dead.
I'm afraid there's little we can do to give it more life.
It has suffered a huge blight throughout the years.
Sometimes, you can't bring anything old up to today's standards.
Not sure if she still is, but last decade the owner of the building (and landlord) was impossible to deal with. She chased away any tenants she could convince to move in. She constantly harassed the UPark with petty disputes about the cashier's station near the lifts, to the point where it relocated to the top of the first ramp for a year. Which was silly as that killed all her foot traffic. Most of the shops in there are fake shops (anything "Raw") that she has set up so it doesn't look dead. There's a whole lower ground to that arcade that is empty and succumbing to the underground environment and rubbish that blows in through the grills. (Including a rumoured last century cinema.)The Scooter Guy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:18 pmParc Arcade is nearly dead.
I'm afraid there's little we can do to give it more life.
It has suffered a huge blight throughout the years.
Sometimes, you can't bring anything old up to today's standards.
I've always wondered what was down those grated-off stairs on Stephen's Place. Anyone ever been inside? What's the story behind the cinema?monotonehell wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:43 amThere's a whole lower ground to that arcade that is empty and succumbing to the underground environment and rubbish that blows in through the grills. (Including a rumoured last century cinema.)
It would be disgusting. Rats and so on have free reign.
Many moons ago old father talks of a before time... before the downstairs arcade was shuttered. Used to be a sewing centre and some other specialty shops down there when I was a kid. I've never seen the cinema, that was way before my time.Llessur2002 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:57 amI've always wondered what was down those grated-off stairs on Stephen's Place. Anyone ever been inside? What's the story behind the cinema?
Never say never. This is why I said "rumoured". Several people who worked for the council independently told me of its existence. I once had a key to the gates. But it was very much out of bounds due to complete darkness and whatever lives down there now, so I never used it. I asked me ol' dad and he seemed to recall one. But I suspect he's confused with the York. So I can neither confirm or disprove its existence.Patrick_27 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:57 pmThere was never a cinema in Parc Arcade... Don't know where you heard that.
Are you positive?Patrick_27 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:57 pmThere was never a cinema in Parc Arcade... Don't know where you heard that.
Grenfell St frontage, between the Propaganda Club and Red Cross.......
The cinema was in the basement of the building - from memory, it was the Regent 3 - or part of the Regent cinemas. We went to see a movie there years ago, only to find it had been closed for some time.Patrick_27 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:57 pmThere was never a cinema in Parc Arcade... Don't know where you heard that.
I'm speaking as someone who has worked in the cinema industry for quite a few years and also has a hobby of archiving everything in regards historic cinemas of Adelaide, there was never cinema below that arcade. Regent 1 and 2 were both in a singular shell (still existent) attached to the Regent Arcade (common knowledge), and Regent 3 was the original cinema previously occupied by Globalize etc - I believe that closed a few years before Regent 1 and 2 because of its size. It doesn't make any sense why would Hoyts Regent have a cinema nearly 200m away from their other cinemas. All of that said, I'm more than happy to stand corrected on this if anyone has anything other than hearsay on this... In fact, it would make my hobby far more interesting.Xaragmata wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:17 pmThe cinema was in the basement of the building - from memory, it was the Regent 3 - or part of the Regent cinemas. We went to see a movie there years ago, only to find it had been closed for some time.Patrick_27 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:57 pmThere was never a cinema in Parc Arcade... Don't know where you heard that.
It's a bit hard to track down, and possibly not well remembered, but ...Patrick_27 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2017 2:17 pmI'm speaking as someone who has worked in the cinema industry for quite a few years and also has a hobby of archiving everything in regards historic cinemas of Adelaide, there was never cinema below that arcade. Regent 1 and 2 were both in a singular shell (still existent) attached to the Regent Arcade (common knowledge), and Regent 3 was the original cinema previously occupied by Globalize etc - I believe that closed a few years before Regent 1 and 2 because of its size. It doesn't make any sense why would Hoyts Regent have a cinema nearly 200m away from their other cinemas. All of that said, I'm more than happy to stand corrected on this if anyone has anything other than hearsay on this... In fact, it would make my hobby far more interesting.Xaragmata wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:17 pmThe cinema was in the basement of the building - from memory, it was the Regent 3 - or part of the Regent cinemas. We went to see a movie there years ago, only to find it had been closed for some time.Patrick_27 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:57 pmThere was never a cinema in Parc Arcade... Don't know where you heard that.
http://www.caths.org.au/venues/SA.pdfADELAIDE Hoyts Cinema 3 1972 Closed
Alternative Names -> Mid City
Cinema c1983
Street Address -> Rundle Arcade, 7 Gawler Place
https://www.facebook.com/11327943334175 ... 85/?type=3Original newspaper ad when Hoyts Cinema 3 changed to Hoyts Midcity.