The group has already raised $460,000 in pledges for the idea.
The Uptown Theater is now a historic landmark. AMC Theatres ceased operations at the Cleveland Park movie theater in 2020.
The D.C. Preservation League has officially taken up the effort to secure landmark status for the historic theater.
And no, this doesn’t have to do with coronavirus.
The proposal resulted in rare levels of agreement on the Cleveland Park listserv.
Forty-five years ago today, the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park hosted the world premiere of the greatest science fiction movie of all time.
A stretch of Cleveland Park got an unexpected bath earlier today when a contractor working on the 3400 block Connecticut Avenue NW struck a service pipe, unleashing a massive jet of water that drenched the area outside the Uptown Theater.
We’re a little short-staffed today, so if you’ve got any picks to add for this weekend, please leave them in the comments. FRIDAY >> This weekend the Uptown Theater is playing the final cut of everybody’s favorite movie about replicants running amock, and young Darryl Hannah being super sci-fi hot, Blade Runner. >> If an apocalyptic future isn’t exactly what you’re in the mood for, try on Seattle’s dream folk rockers, Band of Horses, for…
Good morning, Washington. The weather-related headlines today are all generally pretty disappointing — The Post proclaims that “Rain Likely to Dampen Area But Not Douse the Drought”, and others have followed suit. But waving like a lone reed in the pessimistic sands of weather prognostication is CapitalWeather.com, who just minutes ago put up a prediction, based on a brand new model, suggesting that “several factors are finally lining up to bring the potential for…
A flurry of frantic, angry emails began around 6 p.m. last night on the Cleveland Park Listserve and moved seemingly all over town by 8 p.m. It was the end of civilization as we know it! A catastrophe of epic proportions! Alert the National Guard! The Uptown Theater might be closing! Thankfully, cooler heads have now prevailed. Turns out the rumor got started because the Jews for Jesus outfit McLean Bible Church put up…
