Tampa Film Fan

sunrise cinemas, part two

As you know, Sunrise Cinemas has been on my mind recently. A few days ago, I found my inner grass-roots advocate and found the email address for David Wasserman, one of the head honchos of Wasserman Vornado (owners of Old Hyde Park Village) and the guy quoted in recent news articles as saying he’s replacing Sunrise Cinemas with condos. I emailed him to explain the significance of Sunrise in the local community and to ask him to reconsider replacing the theater with condos.

Can one person really make a difference? Did my impassioned plea change the tide? That would be a big fat NO.

I won’t print Wasserman’s entire email, because I found it snippy and rude. I will share this quote, however:

I am going to do a 150 seat 2 screen community theater that I hope to have the ‘tampa theater’ run and program. Good?

Nice try at appeasing the local film-going community Mr. Wasserman, but no dice. This whole thing still sucks. I hope none of your condos sell.