We've been there twice since they reopened and it was fine. I'd rather go there than the MIlls hadns down..

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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:01 PM

Subject: Re: [Highland Park] Local Movie Theater

Waterworks Cinema had been on a downhill slide for years and the prior owners merely exacerbated the decline by cutting, cutting, cutting employees, etc. My best guess is that they were on a slide and the opening of Cinemark at the Mills was the coup d'grace. The prior owners probably had an expensive lease since when the theater opened it was a prime location (before Loew's and before the Mills) and they were losing money because the rent was astronomical. The owner of the Waterworks shopping center likely refused to renegotiate the lease on the they that the theater would not close its doors. But it did. Then the shopping center had a confrontation with reality and had to ask itself, "Self, what do we do with a big box of a building in the rear of a shopping center." The answer was probably scary, so they negotiated a new lease at a much lower rent with the new owner who will operate the theater on the model of the Manor in Squirrel Hill (probably won't work in that location, but a nice try). We'll have to see how this plays out. Despite the convenience, the seats and the theater design at the Mills makes the extra travel time (8 minutes) worth it - at least to me.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:04:05 -0500, Ward and MR Kelsey wrote:

| We were just there this afternoon for "American Gangster"--an

| excellent, but violent, movie--and the place looks the same,

| including prices. I agree we should support them, but I can't

| figure out why the prior owners closed it in the first place.

| On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:24:17 -0500 Suzie salo

|| Hey-I recently discovered that Waterworks Cinema has reopened.

|| They will show blockbusters and some lesser known art/foreign

|| films. We should all support them.

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