The Empire theater was located at 240 W. 42nd Street in NYC. It opened in 1912 as a playhouse and was later converted into a movie theater in 1942. It was closed in 1986. In 1998, the entire main lobby of the building was moved west and a new multiplex theater called the AMC Empire 25 (opened in 2000) was built around it.
Seasonal shot of the Liberty and Empire theaters on the south side of 42nd St. The Empire building was literally moved lock stock down the street and is now the lobby of the AMC Empire theatre!
The new AMC Empire which features the old Empire theater as its lobby. The old theater was moved on rails(!) 160 feet west on the block and a new multiplex was built around it.
Inside the Empire theater. I wonder whats showing?