"retail free façade" Great description, and the truth
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Let me add to the clamor for good-quality “thinking person’s” movies at Schenectady’s Bow Tie Cinema [Jan. 30 editorial].
This Movieland company has let us down, violated and broken their promises to us!
I realize that it’s all about the money and box-office receipts, with a large market for films like “Frankenstein,” “Legos,” “Vampire Academy” — mayhem, violence, gunfights, murder and the like; but why not intersperse with those similar to “Gravity,” “Philomena,” “Nebraska” and others?
I dislike driving to Albany County (Crossgates, Colonie Center and Spectrum) to see Hollywood’s Oscar selections.
Schenectady Chamber of Commerce, please tell Bow Tie to stop driving us out of town for entertainment.
Remember how their were smaller theaters in Niskayuna and Rotterdam, but they were closed? Maybe This area just can't support a theater, because the bulk of the movie-going audience goes to Crossgates. The last time I went to a first-run movie, I went to Rotterdam Square Mall. Too bad they can't show the artier films at Proctor's.
This quieted a few who questioned wasting Metrograft resources on a sure flop. Downtown is a retail free facade. 
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