Loew's St. Petersburg
3150 Fifth Avenue N,
St. Petersburg,
FL
33713
3150 Fifth Avenue N,
St. Petersburg,
FL
33713
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Loew’s was so proud of this new theatre that they featured it in the company’s 1965 annual report. It was scheduled to open on Christmas Day, 1965.
The report has an artist’s rendering of the theatre, captioned “Loew’s new Theatre in the heart of St. Petersburg, Florida, adjoins one of Florida’s largest and most successful shopping center complexes”.
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Ron Newman
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Another LOEWS that is a church now.
King of Peace MCC’s history page fills in some blanks:
http://www.kingofpeacemcc.com/pages/history.html
Based on the font of the sign, looks like General Cinema took over at some point.
Forgot to mention the alternate name indicated at the page above: Fifth Avenue Cinema. While I’m here, this page has a current exterior photo:
http://www.kingofpeacemcc.com/pages/rentals.html
Grand opening with “THUNDERBALL” Great opening Flick. Much better than when Loew’s in Tampa opening a major theatre with the soft-core"CANDY".
S.Porridge,It does look like GCC took over looking at that Road marquee.
The Loew’s St. Pete was bought out by GCC at about the same time they bought the Loew’s in Tampa. I think this was about 1972. Shortly afterwards both theatres were twinned and renamed. The Loew’s in Tampa became the Austin Cinema I & II and the Loew’s St. Pete became the 5th Avenue Cinema I & II.
Thanks,Nick.
Nick see Mustang Drive-in.
Thanks for the info Nick.
I posted the grand opening ad in the photo section for this cinema.