The scene at Loew’s Paradise Theatre on Saturday night wasn’t just impressive because one of the borough’s most treasured landmarks reopened.
It was that it reopened in such style. Rather than gut the Paradise for a gigantic carpet emporium (only the exterior is landmarked, so that was not out of the question), developer Gerald Lieblich painstakingly restored the former movie palace to its former grandeur.
The Paradise even has a state-of-the-art kitchen and a lobby restaurant run by a celebrity chef.
The new Paradise will mainly be a concert hall, rather than a movie theater. Some will lament that, but it will still be a cultural venue, and Lieblich deserves tremendous credit for having faith in such an ambitious commercial venture. We hope that Bronxites will affirm Lieblich’s vote of confidence at the box office.
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