Parke Cinema

This large single screen theatre, which was located across the street from the Belden Village Mall, looked like a castle on the outside. I was in there at least twice, I do recall the theatre having a huge screen. The theatre was also visible from I-77.

The theatre originally opened in the 1960’s as the Imperial Cinema, then was renamed the Parke Cinema (after the Parke Hotel next door; whether the hotel owned the cinema I don’t know offhand.) The Parke Cinema closed in the early 1990’s, and was demolished to make way for a strip center…I think the Parke Hotel next door was torn down as well.

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