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Bronx residents are hoping the historic Loews Paradise Theater will open its doors again soon.

The venue closed back in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

News 12s Samantha Chaney chatted with community members about the venue and what they'd like to see come there in the future.

Bronx residents are hoping the historic Lowes Paradise Theater will open its doors again soon.

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Welcome back when you hear that sound, you know what that means. We're on storm watch with storm watch team, meteorologist Christy Campana. So Christy, we know the rain is coming, but that's not all right. Yeah. No, we can't rule out any gusty winds either. And those two combined really create for a messy kind of system that's headed our way. And like we said, 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected and that majority is gonna be overnight tonight and that can create some problems for your morning commute if there is localized flooding, which like we said, we can't rule out, but let's go straight to it and see, you know, an hour by hour where the system is coming in and this is two o'clock today. So we see the system just approaching here for the afternoon and we could see some batches of heavy downpours throughout the afternoon. But the majority of this is going to be a little bit later. This is 3 p.m. We see this light to moderate rain, these yellow colors really on the outskirts of the city and then maybe a break here and there by around five o'clock your dinner time. But then the majority of this hits around 8 to 10 o'clock and we see this orange, yellow and red and this is our more moderate, steady and even heavy rain that is headed our way and that's to continue overnight for your overnight hours. And that majority of it just past 1 a.m. two AM, we see it start to get slightly lighter around then and then by 6 a.m. we see it really start to push off and push out to the ocean and it clears up just a bit. We can't rule out a lingering shower until around seven or 8 a.m. And then it clears up really by mid to late morning and we could see even the sun come back out around your mid to mid morning to afternoon before the sunset, which is a good thing, but that flooding can still stick around and that comes with these gusty winds. So sustained winds of around 15 to 20 miles an hour and this is 8, 30 twenties we're seeing and then uh change in direction. This becomes a north wind as it's passing and we could see up to 3040 miles an hour. So really take anything in outdoors and just be cautious through the next couple of days. And let's take a look at 10 day forecast. We are in storm watch overnight. We're gonna see heavy rain, gusty winds and that breezy and those gusty winds continue a bit into your Tuesday. It's gonna be breezy but the sun is out and temperatures are back to seasonable for the rest of the week.

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Bronx residents advocate for Paradise Theater to re-open

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Theater closed its doors back in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly three years later, Bronx site say it's time to reopen it. News Samantha Chaney spoke with community members today about the historic venue and what they'd like to see done with the space for years. Bronx sites say Lowe's Paradise Theater brought them nothing but joy. I used to come in. I used to bring my kids in. You didn't mind coming over here on Saturday afternoon, you know, or Sunday evening. Once a grand theater used for live performances and movie screenings and the kids would go crazy. My candy then became a house of worship. We have some place to come but now you pass all they have left are memories after the building became vacant. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they could put another entertainment theater in there. They say it's time to bring it back to life. I want the movie back. Others say Paradise Theaters should turn into a boys and girls club, a place for new generations to create memories that will last forever. I spoke with the owner of this theater today and he says he has no plans on selling the landmark building. He says he does plan on restoring it to its glory and he's heard all kinds of ideas on what should fill the space. But right now, he's just waiting for the perfect fit in Fordham. I'm Samantha Cheney News.

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