Atlas Theater
2603 Perrysville Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
1514
2603 Perrysville Avenue,
Pittsburgh,
PA
1514
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Here is the Atlas as seen on Google:
http://tinyurl.com/ckv58r
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Interesting looking building. I can see why the style is listed as unknown.
Postscript: The Pittsburgh theater known for decades as the (John P.) Harris Theater, originally called the Alvin and finally called the Gateway), also was Downtown.
When the non-profit Pittsburgh Filmmakers took over the Art Cinema and renovated it, they renamed it the Harris because the original Harris no longer was a moviehouse. THAT Harris is lised under Gateway.
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Yes, Ken. The Art Cinema in Pittsburgh now is called the Harris. It’s at 809 Liberty Avenue, and there is a Cinema Treasurees entry for it.
Ed, any recollection or information on an Art Cinema in Pittsburgh? It was mentioned in this July 1951 newspaper article:
http://tinyurl.com/5w49j6
There may have been an earlier Atlas at 3603 Perrysville Avenue, or that was a typographical error in some sources. The address at 2603 Perrysville Avenue is correct for an Atlas that existed from 1916-53 with 400 to 450 seats. At one point it was being advertised as the New Atlas, which could mean there was an earlier Atlas a bloc away on the same side of the avenue.