Fun fact: the Reading was a major northeastern US railroad (made famous internationally by its place on the Monopoly gameboard), which ceded its rail business in 1976 to the newly formed Conrail consortium. But the company kept most of its non-railroad real estate holdings, and today mostly operates cinemas (including NYC’s Angelika) in several countries.
(The Reading Company was named for the Pennsylvania city, and so is pronounced with the past tense of what you do with words on a page).
@[email protected] First, it would be great to have access to these places, I assume you weren’t out for a leisurely walk underneath Philadelphia. Second, the Angelika? That seems random, did they purposely invest in art house theaters?
@Star12Mt Apparently when they got out of the railroad business, they were left with a bunch of real estate holdings (offices, train stations, etc). Then they got bought by a real estate investor, who added movie theaters to the mix.
Fun fact: the Reading was a major northeastern US railroad (made famous internationally by its place on the Monopoly gameboard), which ceded its rail business in 1976 to the newly formed Conrail consortium. But the company kept most of its non-railroad real estate holdings, and today mostly operates cinemas (including NYC’s Angelika) in several countries.
(The Reading Company was named for the Pennsylvania city, and so is pronounced with the past tense of what you do with words on a page).
@[email protected] Reading is pronounced red-ing. I’ve lived near the city for 45 years. If you say read-ing that is incorrect.
@[email protected] Didn’t I say that?
@[email protected] Yes you did. I just misinterpreted.
Maybe use what wikipedia has - (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin).
My family is from outside Reading, and I lived there for years around the turn of the century (damn that makes me sound old).
I really miss Icy Tea, Unique Splits, Sheetz, and the Leesport market.
@nokturne213 you can order splits online now. https://www.uniquesnacks.com/
@[email protected] Yep, same pronunciation as Reading in Berkshire, England.
Which is pronounced BARK-shur because the British love making English as confusing as possible for foreigners.
@[email protected] First, it would be great to have access to these places, I assume you weren’t out for a leisurely walk underneath Philadelphia. Second, the Angelika? That seems random, did they purposely invest in art house theaters?
@Star12Mt Apparently when they got out of the railroad business, they were left with a bunch of real estate holdings (offices, train stations, etc). Then they got bought by a real estate investor, who added movie theaters to the mix.
@[email protected] Thanks always for the interesting extra info!