Bellevue Theater
607 Lincoln Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15202
607 Lincoln Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15202
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Closed in September 2002. Currently a Family Dollar store.
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Rick Aubrey
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My reference to Dollar General above is incorrect. The theater has become a Family Dollar store.
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6hzd66
That photo is already available to everyone by clicking on the map button above. Isn’t posting it again being redundant?
I don’t think so.
I do. It’s the same photo. What do we gain?
I don’t think that many people understand that you can find the photo on Google maps. I think people are more apt to click on the link than to surmise that they can see the photo on Google. Besides, three quarters of the country hasn’t been photographed yet. You would have to first go on Google, ascertain that the location has been photographed, and then determine that the building in the photo is the theater. Since many of the shots have the former theater off center, or not visible at all, I have done the work of following the arrows and figuring out which building is the theater. In cases where I can’t identify the former building, I don’t bother to post a photo.
Thanks. That’s a very reasonable explanation. I always thought that most people would just click on the map button above to see where the theater was located and at the same time they could find the photo if available. If you feel that your method is an easier way for some people to locate the photo, go ahead and post them. I appreciate your reply.
Renewing link.
Thanks, Ed Blank. I grew up in Avalon and recall as a child standing in line at the “Bellevue”. On a Sat. morning the kids would be lined up to the corner and down around the corner, waiting for the doors to open at 11:00am to see 21 color cartoons, a newsreel or 1 or 2 shorts then double feature monster movies or a western. We would leave the theater sometime after 5:00pm (what a baby sitter) and it only cost a quarter. My mother worked there at the ticket booth in the late 40’s. I remember the theater had beautiful lighting sconces. The ceiling was painted with a sky and clouds and when the main lights were dimmed there where small lighted stars over the entire ceiling
I vaguely remember this cinema. Interesting how the cinema marquee was refashioned as the dollar store sign.