170th Street Cinema
17050 Collins Avenue,
Sunny Isles Beach,
FL
33160
17050 Collins Avenue,
Sunny Isles Beach,
FL
33160
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This rather simple Loew’s house opened in 1958. It survived a criminal GCC twinning in the 1970’s by stumbling onto bookings of “Jaws” and “Star Wars” in a very competitive zone.
Minutes away fom Rascal House and the Wreck Room of the Castaways Hotel, this theatre was located on a strip mall in the heart of one of Miami Beach’s gloriously tacky stretches.
It was closed in December 1994, due to a fire.
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Al Alvarez
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The Herald timeclock in 1994 listed it as the Sunvista Sunny Isles Beach Cinema, closed due to fire.
That was in late December, 1994.
This theatre is now located in the city of Sunny Isles Beach, no longer part of Miami Beach.
Preopening ad (pan back a page) August 3rd, 1958 View link
Four pages of ads from August 6th starting at View link
I put all the ads for this theatre together at View link
Thanks again, Mike. Between the 170th’s opening attraction and what was playing at the Mayfair and Sunset, looked like a great weekend for Brigitte Bardot fans.
In the end, the (very short lived) Sunny Isles Beach Cinema incarnation had SIX screens. Glad I didn’t see the results.
O.K.
great pictures.love the road marquee.
Pictured in this 1960 showmanship article:Boxoffice