Esquire Theatre
209 North Superior Street,
Toledo,
OH
43604
209 North Superior Street,
Toledo,
OH
43604
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The Esquire Theatre shows as open in 1945. It was located a couple blocks north of Adams Street. The theatre closed sometime in 1964.
It was demolished in 2007.
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Chuck
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1977 photo of the Esquire Theatre.
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The Esquire was demolished to make way for the new county arena.
There remains only one downtown theatre, open or closed, the Valentine, which has been redone as a performing arts center.
The Esquire and several storefronts were constructed in the shell of a six storey building which was demolished down to the second storey. The building had been built for Lasalles Department store and predates their newer building from 1917 which is now the Lasalle Apartments. After Lasalles moved, the building housed a number of smaller businesses before the partial demolition and reconstruction. A series of arched windows filled in with brick were visible on the South side exterior wall of the Esquire, these had been filled in for the theatre conversion. Most of the interior structural work for the theatre was executed in poured concrete with very little steelwork.
Thank you wcjfrisk for your insight into the Esquire Theater. I always wondered about those arches on the side. I was always under the assumption that the Esquire was a newly built theater from the ground up. Of all the downtown theaters I never saw a movie at the Esquire, Paramount, Loop or Royal. We always went to the Rivoli, Palace, Pantheon, Valentine or Princess…all on the same street.
Here is another view of the Esquire http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbernero/6913045218/in/pool-1609870@N23
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Just added a picture I had. I also have some movie ads to upload next week.
After being closed for five years, the Esquire was renovated and re-opened in 1962: boxoffice
Curiously, the 1962 trade article shows a Loew’s affiliation, but there’s no mention of that at this CT listing itself. I wonder why?
The reason is that somebody has to write a good historical overview of the theaters so it can be put on CT. I have been working the Ohio/Toledo drive-in theaters myself. That is the great thing about CT, anybody can write, submit overviews and pictures of theaters.