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Cape May, NJ: Beach Theatre Demolition Begins

Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 and updated on Friday, January 5, 2018 2:44 PM


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Demolition of the Beach Theatre in Cape May, New Jersey has begun, according to an article published recently in The Press of Atlantic City:

Attempts to save the city’s last remaining movie house ended Monday as demolition of the Beach Theatre began.

“They brought a big (excavator) rig in this morning. I didn’t think it would start right away, but then I felt the house shake a little bit,” said Terry Shields, who lives next to the theater.

After starting in the early afternoon, a big chunk of the cider-block theater, which opened in 1950, was gone by the time workers called it a day shortly before 6 p.m.

“I’m not sure it will be there at the end of the week,” Shields said.

Shields, who had gone to movies at the theater since the 1950s, said he felt a bit nostalgic about losing the theater but at the same time he was glad to see progress. The theater had been closed, and at one point Shields said vagrants were living in it.

“It was something that had to be done. It was never going to be profitable. I’m at least glad to see progress,” Shields said.

City Construction Official William Callahan issued the demolition permit Monday morning. Theater owner Frank Investments had sued the city over the demolition issue, but the suit was settled in May with the city agreeing to allow the building to come down if the work was done between Labor Day and Dec. 31, so as not to interfere with the tourist season.

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