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King Komments:Children's Museum in Sears? More Theaters in City Center.
Posted on Monday, July 29 @ 12:53:06 EDT by jfbailey
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King Komments By White Plains Councilman William King. July 29, 2002: Councilman King, long an advocate of a children's museum in White Plains sees the Sears move to The Galleria as creating a space for such a museum. He calls on Louis Cappelli to consider adding more live theater space to the City Center in his column:
I would recommend Met Life, the owner of the Sears store space, be contacted about turning this large, potentially difficult-to-lease space into a major magnet space, not just for retail but for some combination of retail and cultural that would complement each other as well as the City Center and small retailers across the street.
The Westchester Children's Museum people, composed of White Plains and area residents, are really interested in a Downtown White Plains space. Maybe the American Girls Store could be enticed into locating an East Coast store in with the Children's Museum.
I met with Leon Silverman a month or so ago to discuss this idea, and the Foot Locker space in particular, including its basement, but he was holding out for a major retailer to take the whole space.
One Theater is Not Enough.
I feel one live community theater space in the City Center, with only a 400-seat capacity (slightly smaller than the Rochambeau theater which Westco has booked to capacity for shows), may not be enough for our three local theater troupes (Westco, Fort Hill and Plagroup) as well as any touring and local university groups (including those just outside of town, Purchase, Manhattanville, Sarah Lawrence and WCC looking for a citylike atmosphere for productions and concerts) and other musical acts we could attract to Downtown.
I have mentioned the possibility of going with more live theater capability to the Cappelli group at the City Center in place of some of their movie theaters, or have the capability of going both ways in a couple of their theaters (I noticed a Loews multiplex west of Times Square that closed is being converted rather quickly to off-Broadway theaters).
Apocalypse for the Multiplex?
I continue to be concerned about the financial health and long-term public desirability of large movie multiplexes and don't want the City Center to get itself boxed in. If they don't provide this flexibility in some of their theaters all the more reason we should keep our eye out for more live theater space - and the high-ceilinged Sears space may be a great opportunity for at least one good sized live theater on one half of their three big floors.
Perhaps a bowling alley, which other WP residents long for since Post Bowl was demolished to make way for Stop & Shop, in the basement of Sears, next to the McDonald's would be a good location and create its own internal halo effect. Think Chelsea Piers, which has a bowling alley and a lot of other stuff, like basketball courts, mini-soccer fields, gymnastics areas, etc., etc.
Let's see how creative Met Life can think - let's try to open them up to some possibilities. I'm going to see who at Met Life I can contact about this.
William King
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