Teatro Marti
420 SW Eighth Avenue,
Miami,
FL
33130
420 SW Eighth Avenue,
Miami,
FL
33130
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Located in the Mercantile Building across from the Ada Merritt Middle School playground, this location once housed the violent Miami chapter of the KKK.
In 1971 in opened a new page in its history as a mixed live show and movie theatre for the booming Cuban exile community. By the Eighties, it was a three auditoria venue with a mix of Spanish films, subtitled Hollywood features and live shows at any given time. Although oddly configured, with columns in the way of the screens and non-sloped floors, the Marti outlasted the nearby Tivoli due to its entertainment mix and constant flow of new refugees to the area.
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Al Alvarez
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It looks like there are all kinds of things going on in this building. I noted a Hispanic church, a Hindu church, a comedy club and a few other things. Here is a 1981 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cemxm3
1985 photo of the Marti Theatre.
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Here is a 1981 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/o9wsvk
Sorry about that, it was a duplicate. Both of these entries can be deleted.
Your getting good at posting dupes.
And responding to them.
I found another one on a Chicago page today. I didn’t mention it but I will from now on.
Here is a November 1937 article about the activities of the Miami Ku Klux Klan:
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I just met his stepson last Christmas here in NYC where he is an actor. I will ask him the next time I see him.
Great website on the history of Miami Cuban Exile theatre.
http://scholar.library.miami.edu/miamitheater/introduction.html