Comments on: Union Station Theater To Close: Does Anybody Care?

By: proballdc

proballdc — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:32:23 +0000

Correction: “A movie theater, in Adams Morgan or U STREET…”

By: proballdc

proballdc — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:31:48 +0000

A movie theater, in Adams Morgan or Union Station, are you kidding? Considering the only theaters being built these days are multiplex’s with stadium seating, the parking alone would prohibit such a venture in the District. Particularly because the city seems hell bent against building parking garages to accommodate economic development. I have been to Gallery Place Theater and it is noisy, but I don’t go to movie for silent contemplation. Most patrons were respectful. However, for the convenience of parking, the ability to do some pre-show browsing at Barnes & Noble, Target or Pier One, I tend to take in movies at Potomac Yards.

By: Mike Panetta

Mike Panetta — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:01:58 +0000

I’m still lamenting the loss of the Fat Tuesday’s that used to be right next to the theaters – where Johnny Rockets is now. They never carded college kids or if you showed your Hill intern ID you were set….good times.

By: Stating the Obvious

Stating the Obvious — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:19:58 +0000

Chinatown isn’t as awful at Union Station. At one point during college I remember being wand-ed before being allowed to enter.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:15:16 +0000

I couldn’t get enough of a place such as this. Now it’s gone. What’s left? The Library of Congress? No, thanks. Wild horses will not drug me there. Chinatown all there is.

By: J

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:03:23 +0000

I remember the good ole days when I was in college at Catholic U. You didn’t go to Union to see the movies, you went to witness the fights, screaming matches, and constant chatter during the movie. Now Chinatown hold the title for most entertaining movie experience.

I saw 2 scary movies recently at chinatown and the laughing overwhelmed any feelings of terror. Oh, Dc – got to love it

By: Nikki

Nikki — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:51:28 +0000

Man that totally sucks! I remember my Grandma taking me to Union Station when I was a kid. We’d take the metro to the theater and catch a movie, she would take me to this toy store they used to have there and then we’d pick up some fancy chocolates or pastries and hail a cab home and have a tea party. Those were the days…

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:44:17 +0000

When will Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, U Street or Columbia Heights get a movie theater or complex?

Is it too much to ask to have a movie theater within walking distance? It’d be great if a cool independent theater opened in the neighborhood. Especially in Adams Morgan, I think it would really help revitalize the neighborhood even more . . .

By: Q

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:35:08 +0000

As a former teenager and young adult who frequented the theater, it was AND STILL IS the most metro accessible theater in the District. Because of that, it was frequented by teenagers and a younger crowd who would “hang out”. Many a good time was held by my friends and I in this theater before it declined in popularity. I really had no complaints about it except horrible popcorn and it coming into disrepair after the AMC days. It is a shame though. It is in a prime spot that could definitely be utilized for something better than more Retail Shops. With the economy where it is, making more shops amongst the Food Court only adds to the problem. It’s in a niche by itself. The theater at Gallery Place isn’t just noisy, it is conjested, overblown, expensive, and without the history and tranquility of catching a Sunday matinee.

R.I.P. Union Station Theater. Another unique loss of character for DC’s Landscape. Soon it will be only high end retail and million dollar condos.

By: ack

ack — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:30:31 +0000

I think they show Bollywood movies, although they’re not on the ticket windows. The lobby posters all along the exit show the times.

Yeah it sucks, but what else is there? It’s going to be replaced with upscale dining from what I hear.

By: Arthur Delaney

Arthur Delaney — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:57:43 +0000

The Chinatown movie theater easily surpassed Union Station as the noisiest movie venue in D.C.

A few months ago I wrote an item for the Voice of the Hill newspaper about how the movie theater and pretty much all the restaurants at Union Station are going to be shitcanned by the new owners. We figured local folks would have this big reaction to the story, lamenting the losses, the convenience of the local cinema, etc.

There was no reaction whatsoever. Nobody gives a darn about poor ol’ Union Station. I think it’s a shame–it’s such a fab building and the movie theater really is fine. I tell you, the jeering and cheering moved to Chinatown.