The neighborhood of San Blas was born near the end of what would be the extension of the Arturo Soria street, also known as a second neighborhood of Ciudad Lineal. The district was formed mainly by the sum of the fourteen plots originating public promotion of Social Emergency Plan of Madrid in 1957 that formed the construction of twenty thousand new homes.
Their largest operation was the Great San Blas, who was born in 1958 in the hand of the Home Building Association. Initially consisting of four parcels, which would be added after the rest, towns targeted absorption villages, neighborhoods built charity holidays for its future tenants, etc. constitute, in short, a true display of "official solutions" to the problem of worker housing.
Besides these large groups of homes begin to birth in the early years of the 60's, new equipment, sports, markets, industrial areas and of course, recreational. The film was one of the great escapes for these families working to live.
Their largest operation was the Great San Blas, who was born in 1958 in the hand of the Home Building Association. Initially consisting of four parcels, which would be added after the rest, towns targeted absorption villages, neighborhoods built charity holidays for its future tenants, etc. constitute, in short, a true display of "official solutions" to the problem of worker housing.
Besides these large groups of homes begin to birth in the early years of the 60's, new equipment, sports, markets, industrial areas and of course, recreational. The film was one of the great escapes for these families working to live.
In 1962 he built the first of the filmmakers in the neighborhood, "The Simancas" in Castle Street Madrigal de las Altas Torres n º 9.
View the entire Simancas Film and local attachments.
room was a neighborhood that offered passes in continuous session, the building was a large shed of metal and brick, covered with Uralita. Local cinema was the typical free distribution neighbors and very functional. It had an entrance hall where were the stairs to the mezzanine, under these were the lockers, on the top floor toilets, bar, and the projection booth. The eviction of the room through two doors was installed on both sides of the screen.
One of the emergency exits on the back of the room.
Annex building was constructed at a number of shops, which concentrated the social life of the neighborhood. Years later, exactly on July 14, 1971, an open mouth Metro a few meters from your door, taking the same name as the room, "Simancas." The place belonged to the Family Reyzábal (Fortunato), but at the end of its existence was leased to Concepción García Tomé. Closed in the late 80's, and later it was time leased by the regional channel Telemadrid, where he installed one of his first TV studios, then moved to another location on the same circuit, "Texas film" that we mentioned in the previous chapter, for it left completely open-plan living room and mezzanine area removed making control.
Rear facade today.
Years later also closed and the premises were leased to Day supermarket chain, which currently has one of its stores. The building retains its external appearance, supermarkets do not highlight Day mainly due to investments made on their premises. The facade has simply been painted white to disguise holes for billboards and lockers.
East program Maxi Day ", not renowned for its elegance.
opened in 1963 near Simancas another room film" The San Blas " despite this, he was granted a construction license in 1957 because the equipment did not cover the area needs it. The room would be inserted into an apartment building was designed by the architects José María Castell Ferrater Garcia and Jaime Ramos, and would be a colossus with 1,703 locations spread over patio and amphitheater. The room was built parallel to the street Uclés Castle, having direct access to this street for access installed to the left of the screen. The residential building rose in ten heights and room in their basement that housed a shopping mall was built as a large ship of iron, lined with brick and covered with Uralita. It was the fashionable place for many years. Was built on the same street as the Hermanos García Noblejas No. 79, near the end of the tram line No. 70 coming from the Plaza de Castilla by the same route as his replacement bus.
The No. 70 tram at the end of its run, to your right is the Cinema San Blas.
The room had a large canopy under which every afternoon, there was a line to buy tickets so longed for those programs in continuous session. Passing through the gates a flight of steps leading to the main hall we had a hole in the roof of the mezzanine balcony. It was decorated with marble, stucco columns painted in red tones. He had two stairs to the mezzanine, one straight, with glass railing in the lobby, and another next to the toilets, which ran in a circle being very soft its rising and falling. On the top floor under the mezzanine ramp were the toilets and bar, very wide. He had also pointed out above, a lower floor balcony that was the entrance to the ambiguous with billiards and foosball tables.
elevation and section of the San Blas film.
The pit entry is done through three large holes with four leaves, the room was very long, and narrowed towards the mouth of the stage which was quite high. The room was decorated with an elaborate plaster work camouflaged the indirect lighting and air conditioning system. The heater operated by a coal boiler installed in the basement. The walls were decorated with fabrics in brown, and red seats were very comfortable. The mezzanine was a very steep ramp with handrails and railings glass, very modern. In the last rows of paradise sticking to the projection room that was accessed from the lobby mezzanine.
Ground floor of the building.
plant covers.
The room was very successful and planned even matinees Saturdays and Sundays. His last step was under the direction of the company Bilbao SA until mid 80's, when the local is closed. Subsequently used as a conference room, where D. Enrique Tierno Galvan gave a rally to neighborhood residents. Definitely closed after twenty-five year career, more sad was the route of the mall in their basements who either do not get open and if he did was for a short period of time.
View of the main facade of the hall, and details of windows ambiguous.
The stalls as seen from Castle Street Uclés.
After twenty years closed the room was demolished, demolition, extended for a few months and took time to see the contours of the property. In its place rose a modern apartment block in their basements and finally houses a supermarket, Lidl, with more success than its predecessor. The entrance and lobby largely remain intact in the original story tower, closed awaiting a new use.
The semidesmontada room, and without a roof and orphans of the screen.
Detail of the structure of the building.
the stands the amphitheater with seats still attached.
The sight was gruesome, especially when the roof hit the amphitheater accounting.
Video of the demolition.
Demolition let us see the structure that supported the amphitheater.
look of the land following the demolition, the hinted the two halls of the cinema.
A current aerial view, modern houses occupy the site.
In 1968, on a site closer to the Cross of the Fallen, with the streets of the Brothers Grace Noble, specifically street Emilio Muñoz n º 9, born a summer chamber known as "Cinema Paradise." It was an outdoor venue with 1,200 seating capacity and locations that worked 90 days a year. It was owned by D. Christopher Victor Lopez, and ran until the mid 70's. There are now an office building and has not been any sign of him. It was not a well-known room in the neighborhood.
Finally in 1971 the area known as Gran San Blas was born a new cinema, "the Argentina", he had in his basement dance club. I was in the street Pobladura Valley No. 21, next to the subway station of San Blas, which opened at the same time the room. It was a building with metal frame and cover Uralita, like that of its neighbors, it was a building intended exclusively for this purpose, no outbuildings, which gave him advantages in the capacity to not have problems with evacuation loss. The building was lined externally white lacquered metal sheets, giving looked very modern. Had a capacity of 1,384 localities in patio and amphitheater, their distribution was similar to that of Simancas, and quite possibly the owner were the same, forming circuit with the San Blas, Chancellor and Ciudad Lineal, all family owned Reyzábal . The room worked until 1987, and later became a concert hall-Heavy Rock music, with the name of Chancellor II, the parent who had been shut down in the street Mayor López Casero, under Chancellor film. Passed by the great artists of Heavy Metal, despite his great success was closed and demolished in the late 90's. Instead they built an apartment building.
At the bottom right part of the film is Argentina.
Two images of the same angle with 25 years apart.
Author: David Miguel Sanchez Fernandez.
Sources:
- Madrid and Film. Onion and Mary G. Pascual Santa Eulalia. Madrid 2000.
- Madrid. Magazine Espasa Calpe. San Blas district. 1975
- Google Maps.
- free encyclopedia Wikipedia. es.wikipedia.org
- Maps and geographic viewers QDQ
