Times Theatre

820 N. Vermilion Street,
Danville, IL 61832

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Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen
Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen on July 24, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Need more info and more photos.

lostmemory
lostmemory on July 16, 2009 at 6:10 pm

A 1999 night photo is here.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 15, 2009 at 8:30 pm

Another 1982 photo is here.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on April 26, 2009 at 3:52 pm

Here are photos from 1982 and 1983:
http://tinyurl.com/c926zs
http://tinyurl.com/cvu8wq

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 8, 2009 at 1:14 pm

Here is the Times Theater in 1999.

plasticfootball
plasticfootball on March 13, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Kerasotes, to their credit, kept all the neon functioning beautifully until the very end. The final movie was “Forces of Nature” starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.

lostmemory
lostmemory on February 8, 2008 at 9:37 am

This is the Times Theater around 1998.

teecee
teecee on May 18, 2005 at 7:07 am

1997 – run by Kerasotes Theatres. Showed second-run movies for $1 during most of the year, with first-run movies shown at regular admission during the summer. News-Gazette online

Published Online Mar 22, 1999
By JODI HECKEL
News-Gazette Staff Writer

DANVILLE – A new CVS Pharmacy is scheduled to open by the end of July at the corner of Fairchild and Vermilion streets.
But some residents don’t like the idea of a generic chain store replacing the character of the 1920s-era Times Theatre, which will be demolished to make way for the new drugstore.
“It’s really disappointing,” said Jean Beck, a local preservationist. “I think there are a lot of people who are frustrated by this sort of thing. We tend to put up more boxes that don’t have the visual interest and aesthetic appeal that commercial buildings formerly had.” ……..

teecee
teecee on May 18, 2005 at 7:02 am

Photo at this link:
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