Historic ‘Coliseum’ Movie Theater May Be Replaced by a Shopping Center
(DNAINFO) Lindsay Armstrong — An historic former movie theater — where acts including the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields once performed — may soon be replaced by a shopping center.
The Coliseum at 701 W. 181st St. was Manhattan’s oldest operating movie theater until it closed its doors at the end of 2011. Now the owner of the building, which also houses a supermarket, a nail salon and a clothing store, may be looking to redevelop the site into a 70,000-square-foot shopping hub.
A listing with Zelnick & Company Real Estate for the site, which is also known as 4261 Broadway, shows a rendering of a modern four-story building with space for several retailers and a parking garage.