Cancer Claims the Beekman Theater
You are down to your last six days to check out a flick at the Upper East Side's iconic Beekman Theater, one of the city's few remaining single-screen movie houses. Reuters reports that the landlord is reclaiming the property next week to turn it into--like New York needs more of these--a medical facility: That leaseholder is Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Beekman -- along with the other buildings in the immediate area -- will be replaced by a breast and imaging center for outpatient care. Which more or less nullifies the argument for preservation. Oh, OK. The Reeler will let you pass on this one. Next time, though, they are gonna need a better excuse than trying to save lives. No one is falling for that twice. Posted by stvanairsdale on Jun 21, 2005 at 09:45AM |
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