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19-607: Uptown Theatre or Uptown Theater may refer to: Uptown Theatre (Toronto) , demolished Uptown Theatre (Chicago) , closed Uptown Theater (Napa, California) Uptown Theatre (Milwaukee) , demolished Uptown Theater (Kansas City, Missouri) Uptown Theater (Minneapolis) Uptown Theater (Philadelphia) Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.) Uptown Theater (Racine, Wisconsin) Uptown Theatre (Winnipeg) , now Uptown Lofts See also [ edit ] Barrie Uptown Theater , Barrie, Ontario, Canada Topics referred to by

38-603: A government investigation lasting almost a year, six charges were laid in the incident including failure to take the reasonable precaution of ensuring that a competent person inspected the internal roof structure before removing the main roof truss. The Uptown Residences, a 48-storey, 284 suite condo was completed on the site of the former theatre in 2011. A small portion of the lobby facing Yonge Street remains. 43°40′10″N 79°23′12″W  /  43.669490°N 79.386744°W  / 43.669490; -79.386744 Stadium seating Stadium seating or theater seating

57-447: A roof truss. The roof suddenly collapsed onto the balcony structure below, pushing out the brick exterior walls. No workers were hurt, but parts of the brick walls fell on the neighbouring Yorkville English Academy. Fourteen people in the school were injured and one, Augusto Mejia Solis, a 27-year-old Costa Rican , was killed. In April 2004, five civil lawsuits were filed against Priestly Demolition and property owner Marco Muzzo. After

76-598: A separate entrance and box office on Balmuto Street. The Uptown 1, 2, and 3 played all the major releases, while the Uptown Backstage 1 and 2 usually played "art" films, such as extremely long runs of A Clockwork Orange and The Gods Must Be Crazy during the 1970s. Eventually the Backstage dropped the word "Uptown" and was considered a separate cinema. In the mid 1970s, Nat Taylor sold his chain of theatres known as "Twentieth Century Theatres" (no relation to

95-455: A stepped floor surface which also functions as a staircase in the aisles. This is as opposed to the common usage of a flat, often slightly sloped, floor used in many standard seating venues (such as many stage theaters ). There has been some criticism of stadium seating because, due to the stepped layout, it is usually not possible for disabled people in wheelchairs to move about. Venues with stadium seating generally place handicapped seating among

114-431: Is a characteristic seating arrangement that is most commonly associated with performing-arts venues, and derives its name from stadiums , which typically use this arrangement. In stadium seating, most or all seats are placed higher than the seats immediately in front of them so that the occupants of further-back seats have less of their views blocked by those further forward. This is especially necessary in stadiums where

133-525: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Uptown Theatre (Toronto) The 3000-seat theatre opened as Loew's Uptown Theatre in 1920, originally serving as a venue for both vaudeville and films. It was designed by acclaimed theatre designer Thomas W. Lamb . Although built for different chains, the Uptown Theatre and Pantages Theatre (today's Ed Mirvish Theatre) were sisters, designed by

152-573: The Imperial (now a live theatre, the Ed Mirvish Theatre ). On December 25, 1969, the rebuilt facility opened. The Uptown 1 on the original balcony now sat 1000, and was one of the earliest instances of an all stadium seating auditorium in a cinema. Uptown 2 and 3 were the original main floor seating divided by a partition wall down the middle. Uptown Backstage 1 and 2 were built in the original stage house and could only be accessed through

171-472: The audience may look above those people in front of them to see, (like the green circle in the illustration, right), avoiding blocked sight-lines . One example of this is floor seating of a music venue which has a raised stage; seats are commonly all at an equal height on the actual floor of a venue, such as the floor seats at a concert held in a sports arena . Because the increased angle of stadium seating, seats are typically (but not universally) installed on

190-670: The row which is at the level of the concourse which feeds the seating area, leaving more space than rows above or below it, and leaving chair-less space(s) for wheelchairs. The trains on some roller coasters are also configured in tiers; this seating configuration is also sometimes called stadium seating. Three prominent examples of roller coasters whose trains use this type of seating are Millennium Force at Cedar Point , which opened in 2000, SheiKra at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay , which opened in 2005, and Griffon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg , which opened in 2007. Converting sloped-floor theaters to stadium seating often requires raising

209-531: The same architect, and opened less than a month apart. The Uptown was smaller than the Pantages and with a much smaller lobby, but the two had similar Yonge Street entrances and their auditoriums were of the same style. The original paint colours for the auditorium were rose, grey and gold. For several years noted choreographer Leon Leonidoff was employed by the theatre. It was at the Uptown that Leonidoff developed

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228-425: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Uptown Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uptown_Theatre&oldid=1033468124 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

247-567: The studio) to Famous Players, including the Uptown and the Yonge Theatre (later renamed the Elgin). Mr. Taylor would later found a new chain of multiplex cinemas in 1979 with Garth Drabinsky , called Cineplex Entertainment . The Uptown was a favourite place to see films, always doing good business. It was the last remaining large-audience big-screen, old-style movie theatre still operating in downtown Toronto for Famous Players. In addition to

266-413: The style that he would later give Radio City Music Hall 's Rockettes . The name Uptown was fitting for its time, as downtown Toronto in 1920 did not extend much north of Queen Street. In 1960 the Uptown was damaged by fire, fueled by extremely flammable material on the seats. The theatre was quickly restored, but all the original ornate plasterwork in the dome, proscenium arch, boxes, and organ grilles

285-420: The subject matter is typically best observed from above, rather than in-line or from below. In addition to sports venues and performing arts venues, many other venues that require clear audience views of a single area use stadium seating, including religious institutions, lecture halls, and movie theaters . An alternative to stadium seating is to place the focal area at a higher level than the audience, so that

304-710: The sudden closure of another major downtown historic Famous Players movie theatre, the Imperial Six, in 1986, many other Famous Players theatres in the Yonge and Bloor area closed during the 1980s, including The Plaza 1 and 2 Cinemas in the Hudson's Bay Centre and the University Theatre on Bloor Street West. Following the loss of the Imperial in 1986, the Uptown became the theatre of choice for many movie goers in downtown Toronto and regularly played midnight shows on

323-496: The weekend. The Uptown was also an important venue for the Toronto International Film Festival . In 2001 new regulations mandated that the theatre be made wheelchair accessible. Famous Players balked at paying to estimated $ 700,000 expense and announced that they would be closing the cinema. The five screen cinema made little financial sense in the era of megaplexes, especially when the land it

342-413: Was lost, being replaced by only smooth plaster and drapery. Theatre owner Nat Taylor closed the cinema on September 5, 1969, and renovated it, dividing the Uptown into five theatres, one of the world's first multiplexes. The architect for the multiplexing project was Toronto architect Mandel Sprachman, who later did many similar projects for rival Famous Players across Canada, including the Uptown's sister,

361-437: Was on was worth millions of dollars. Despite community protests the cinema was closed on September 14, 2003 immediately after the 2003 TIFF. The last film to be shown there was Undead . The site was sold to developers who planned to replace it with a condo. In December 2003 Priestly Demolition was engaged in demolishing the structure, when a large section of the building collapsed. An operator cut vital steel support beams on

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