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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Winchester Drive-In on Jul 8, 2010 at 10:42 pm

The opening year should be changed to 1968.

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Kitsap Lake Drive-In on Jul 8, 2010 at 12:56 pm

According to the city tax assessor and the Kitsap Lake Historical Society, this drive-in opened in 1953.

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about TWO Empress Theatre on Jun 30, 2010 at 10:13 pm

My April 2010 photo:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/goldies.jpg

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Vogue Theater on Jun 30, 2010 at 10:02 pm

A night photo from 2009:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Vogue Theater on Jun 30, 2010 at 9:57 pm

My daytime photo from April 2010:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/voguet.jpg

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Alhambra Theatre on Jun 29, 2010 at 10:24 am

Also — a 2008 interior photo:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Alhambra Theatre on Jun 29, 2010 at 10:21 am

2010 photo:
http://agilitynut.com/10/4/kyalham.jpg

And it should be listed as “open”.

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Capitol Cinemas on Jun 29, 2010 at 9:58 am

This theatre should be listed as “open” (since at least 2009).

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Sliman Theater for the Performing Arts on Jun 5, 2010 at 5:16 pm

Some history from this website:
http://www.cityofnewiberia.com/site402.php

The Evangeline Theater started its life as a wholesale grocery building in the late nineteenth or twentieth century. Remodeled for a movie house in 1929, the building gained its current Art Deco façade and other characteristics during a 1939/40 renovation. The two story brick building’s façade is clad in stucco and pigmented structural glass.

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Strand Theater on Jun 5, 2010 at 4:54 pm

The original sign is on display in Las Vegas (Neonopolis) according to this article:
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A photo of it:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Joy Theater on May 26, 2010 at 9:59 pm

From April 2010:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/4/joyt.jpg

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Saenger Theatre on May 26, 2010 at 9:51 pm

The relit marquee in celebration of the Saints victory:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolar/4369325866/

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about ACT Theatre on May 5, 2010 at 10:37 am

2010 photo:
http://agilitynut.com/10/3/actt.jpg

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Bessemer City Kings Mountain Drive-In on May 4, 2010 at 9:27 pm

A photo from 2010:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Capri Theater on May 4, 2010 at 9:42 am

A photo I took 3/10 — now housing The Blvd (nightclub):
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Pix Theatre on May 4, 2010 at 9:19 am

Some photos of the Pix and other theatres in Rock Hill:
http://www.scmovietheatres.com/rockhill.html

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Movies on May 3, 2010 at 9:10 am

A photo of the theatre as the Sauconia:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Brazos Drive-In on Apr 30, 2010 at 7:50 pm

On Preservation Texas' Most Endangered List in 2010 (with an opening date of 1952):

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Village Theatre on Feb 20, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Here’s the latest on the theatre’s restoration:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about State Theatre on Feb 20, 2010 at 12:43 am

I don’t think that address is right — or the photos in the previous two posts show a different building. The building in the photos is on Washington near Elizabeth.

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about New Port Theatre on Feb 16, 2010 at 10:20 am

The news is not good. Here’s what the “renovation” looks like so far:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Clarion Theatre on Dec 29, 2009 at 11:46 pm

I’m pretty sure this is a mix-up with the Clarion Theatre in Clarion, IA.

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Bourbon Theatre on Dec 22, 2009 at 10:44 pm

Current website:
http://bourbontheatre.com/

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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about Bourbon Theatre on Dec 22, 2009 at 10:38 pm

This is now the Bourbon Theatre:
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RoadsideArchitecture.com commented about State Theater on Dec 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm

History from the State Room site:

On Christmas Day in 1938, the State Theater opened with Alexander’s Ragtime Band starring Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, and Don Ameche. Charles Behrensmeyer was retained to design thetheater in 1927 and Leo Monckton erected the theater.

The State Theater was advertised as an attractive movie house, modern in every detail, including air-conditioning. It was a 500-seat theater with an Art Deco style The long,narrow design, sloping floor and Celotex material made the theater one of the most “sound perfect” buildings in the area.

The theater also had two innovations that had never been tried before in Quincy. The back row seats in the main section was fitted with acoustical devices for the hearing impaired. The other innovation was a “crying room” in the second floor where mothers could take their small children and still view and hear the
picture. The entrance to the theater on South Eighth street had a wide lobby. The ticket office was in the center and to the right as one entered was the men’s room and to the left was the powder room for women. The lobby was decorated in apple green and maroon
with silver stripes and a terazzo floor. In the auditorium, the seats were of the lastest style, self rising so that as soon as they were not in use they would fold up. The auditorium walls were a maroon finish to five feet from the floor, with a pleasing light color of Celotex material above that.

The last feature film at the State Theater was “Little Man Tate”. The State Theater closed in February 1992 after Kerasotes Theaters had operated the theater for several decades.