The Bow Ties Cinema location
in Tenafly, a century-old movie theater, is for sale, hitting the market for
$1.4 million.
The theater has been closed
since March because of the pandemic.
The closure has also been
hard for the surrounding businesses because of the loss of foot traffic. The
community is feeling the impact.
"I have four children
and I took all four of my children to the theater here when they were young,”
says Mayor Mark Zinna. “I mean from when ‘The
Lion King’ was showing the first time in the late 90s, so it means a lot and has a
lot of pleasant and happy memories. It's a place of gathering and
entertainment."
The mayor says if it doesn't
stay a movie theater, he wouldn't mind seeing the property turned into a
microbrewery.