Terrible

Granted I've seen rats during screenings in both theaters - but this is fucking garbage. I have little faith they're actually doing renos. Here come some more overpriced condos.

Rats during screenings? Sounds like overpriced movies are to be replaced by overpriced condos. Except the condos probably won't have rats.

@3 not that you go out to the movies, but both of those theaters have cheaper ticket prices than most theaters at multiplexes..and the prices at the crest, a theater run by the same outfit, are the cheapest in town.
but the condos will prolly be just as expensive as anyplace else. if there are gonna be condos.

Seattle just gets better and better!!!

But the REAL reason is RACISM!!!!

It's too bad that the packed houses at SIFF festival screenings don't translate to a year-round market for independent cinema.

@6 "indie" theaters in Seattle are actually booming year round. We often end up in the top five nationwide for box office gross for the type films these theaters run.

Well somebody's got racism on his mind.

Yeah, I would be unsurprised if the land parcel is worth a lot more than the business revenue.

The Iron Bull (next door to the Guild 45th) has also been closed for months "for renovations". I'm worried that block is about to go condo.

I think we can call this "The Netflix Effect".

@7 Is that like being the world's best VCR manufacturer?

FRET NOT SLOGGERS!!! Go to the Seattle Permitting website and the address shows that they are apparently just doing a renovation: though it appears to gut the existing structure and put in a restaurant/lounge along withe the movie theater.

Remember the Metro down the street when that's what they did there? Yeah, not a great business plan but at least we can say it probably won't go Condo.

@12, for Seven Gables?

@ #7

VCR head cleaner is still selling well, just saying.

@7: What do you consider "indie" theaters in Seattle?

I appreciate the economic considerations, but even beloved SIFF spent most of the winter with a couple screens dedicated to (good) movies (like La La Land, Manchester By the Sea, Arrival, Fences) that were playing in very wide release at multiple multiplexes around town. Pacific Place and Regal are a block from each other and are often showing the same movies. For an allegedly film-loving town, the selection has withered with Landmark's slow collapse.

Now that they're a major film production and distribution concern, maybe Amazon will branch into brick-and-mortar popcorn distribution hubs, too.

My main question: Where can I can a high quality photo of the Seven Gables screen painting? Also, who is getting that item?!

The last time I was there was to see Elle in January. You could tell they had put zero upkeep into the place in recent years. I knew the theater wouldn't last much longer; look at what's been happening in the area.

Cinema Books, gone. Sundance, gone (the AMC conversation is awful). Half Price Books, gone.
Tubs, gone. Ok, forget that last one. At least the new food bank building is nice. And Scarecrow is still alive. But so goes the Friendly Foam Shop so goes the neighborhood.

If you're eager to read a bunch about the history and design of the Guild 45th theater, read/download this PDF: http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departm…

Shit!

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

You know, Charles, you could just go yourself to the permitting site Cato mentioned -- maybe you have by now...

It's funny about the rats, because the first time I went in the Guild 45 was a month or so ago with my family to see "Kedi," the film about Istanbul's street cats. If only one had jumped off the screen...

Don't know about Charles, but I have gone to that permitting site - and so far found nothing. Addresses 2105 N 45th, 2113 N 45th nor 2115 N 45th.

When the Hasty Tasty closed down I said nothing, because I don't do breakfast. When the Id bookstore went down I said nothing because I don't read books. When the Last Exit was shuttered I didn't speak up because I don't play chess. Now the Seven Gables is closing. Oh well, I don't go to movies much either.