Metro Theater

The long closed Upper West Side Metro Theater is returning to its roots and reopening as the Alamo Drafthouse theater, according to Eater which had new details on the project from an interview with West Side Rag (note: clarification appended). The original Art Deco theater, located at 2626 Broadway, between 99th and 100th streets, was open from 1933 until 2005 and Alamo’ renovation plans to restore the gutted building’s façade and neon marquee, and bring a cinema back to the site. [more]