Bunche Theatre
2299 W. Bunche Park Drive,
Miami,
FL
33054
2299 W. Bunche Park Drive,
Miami,
FL
33054
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The Bunche Theatre opened in 1950, and is listed in editions of Film Daily Yearbook 1953-1955.
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Is it listed as the Bunche Theater in the FDY?
Yes, it’s shown in the listing of Wometco’s theaters in operating that year as the Bunche Theatre (unfortunately there isn’t an address given).
The Bunche Park section of Miami-Dade dates back to the early fifties and was established for black WWII veterans and named after the then recent the Nobel Peace Prize winner. The theatre was closed by the late sixties.
That address doesn’t make sense. As far as Miami goes, I have never seen a W on an address. It has to be SW, because Miami goes as far north as 210th street, and that is right on the broward county line. This has to be the Perrine bordering on Homestead area, in which case, it would SW, not W.
Bunche Park is near Miami Lakes and may now be part of that city.
The address is either 2299 or 2990 W. Bunche Park Drive (more than likely 2299 – West of NW 22nd Avenue). The address above is a typo.
2299 W. Bunche Park Drive places it where it should have been located.
According to Box Office the Bunche Theatre was announdced in 1950 for Bernstein Theatres seating 1500.
The header needs to be updated with the correct address given by AlAlverez on Mar. 31, 1010.
The first movie I saw was at Bunche Theater. It was “TARANTULA”.. A huge spider that met his demise at the hand of some F-100 jet fighters. Scared me stiff!!! I sure would like to know if someone has a photo of the theater and/or the Bunche Park Shopping Center that it was a part of. By the way, the theater later became a bowling alley. .. sad. I spent many Saturday afternoons at matinees there. PLEASE IF ANYBODY HAS A PHOTO … ANOTHER THING! Bunche Park was located in unincorporated Dade County, bordered to the South by the Biscayne Canal, to the West by NW 27th Ave., to the North by 167th Street (now the Palmetto (826) and on the East by NW 17th Av. I was raised on 155th Street & 23rd Ave., just a block and a bridge crossing away. I could see the back of the theater from my front yard (across the canal).
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