Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway | |
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| Address | Charles Street & North Avenue 5 West North Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21201 United States |
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| Owner | MdFF |
| Operator | Maryland Film Festival |
| Type | Cinema / Film |
| Construction | |
| Opened | October 23rd 1915 |
| Closed | 1978 |
| Reopened | May 3rd 2017 (Confirmed) |
| Rebuilt | 2016 |
| Years active | 1915-1978, 2017- |
| Architect | Oliver Birkhead Wight, Ziger/Snead (2016 remodel) |
| Website | |
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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway, or simply the Parkway, is a movie theater located at 5 West North Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The Parkway is open as of May 3, 2017, and is the new permanent home of MdFF. The Maryland Film Festival, a 5-day annual festival created and operated by MdFF, is housed in and around the Parkway and throughout the Station North Arts and Entertainment District.
According to Jed Dietz, founding director of Maryland Film Festival, the Parkway was one of the original movie palaces on the east coast and from the day it opened on October 23, 1915 till the day it closed in 1978 it served the community beautifully. It was built in 1915 and was originally intended for vaudeville, and has also been used for a live radio broadcast program named "Nocturne" with Roland Nuttrell playing the Wurlitzer Organ and Charles Purcell reading poetry from 1937 to 1957. It closed in 1978 but is to be renovated as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Film Center, scheduled to open on May 3, 2017.
The theater is located in the North Central Historic District of Baltimore, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 2002, as well as the Station North Arts and Entertainment District.[1] In August 2012, the Parkway was considered for city landmark status.[2]
- ^ "Historical & Architectural Preservation / Historic Districts / Maps of Historic Districts / North Central", City of Baltimore, accessed December 13, 2014.
- ^ Edward Gunts, "Parkway Theatre considered for landmark designation", Baltimore Sun, August 13, 2012, accessed December 13, 2014.