Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway,
Portland,
OR
97205
1037 SW Broadway,
Portland,
OR
97205
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Here’s a few more photos:
http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/006b.html
http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/006c.html
Here’s a recent photo of the Portland Theater/Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall:
http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/006a.html
Does anyone have any information on original Paramount theatres that are still open but perhaps had a name change such as this one? I’ve been searching for all the original’s opened under Paramount-Publix and am wondering if there are more now under a different name. Arlene Schnitzer doesn’t show up in a Paramount search and I’m not finding anything when I link terms together (ie Rapp & Rapp, Paramount, Publix,1930 era etc.) so any info on how to get at least get a list of originals would be great, thanks.
I am so thankful that the old paramount theatre still stands to this day.
When one looks at the large one of a kind maquee and all those lights
It gives a feel of what broadway was when the paramount and its
Sister theatre’s such as the broadway theatre, the fox, and liberty theatre
To name a few lined broadway and gave a person the feeling of somthing
Magical. And when one looks at the old paramount building and its many
Lights that light up the night one truly gets a look and feel of a by gone era.
The paramount theatre building and its outstanding marquee shows us
A little reminder of the magic of broadway from the past.
Nice photos,every big city must have a PARAMOUNT,check out the PARAMOUNT in Nashville,Tennessee on C.T.it was razed in 1979.
Here is an October 2009 photo.
Thanks for the info.
I agree that it is a very nice job.
The vertical sign is a reproduction, dating to 1982, according to the new book by Gary Lacher, Theatres of Portland. It is really stunning, particularly at night. The original said PORTLAND, was later relettered PARAMOUNT, and the replica was created to look like the sign as originally lettered.
Is that the original vertical sign or a reproduction?
This is another nice 2009 photo.
Thanks for the photos.
Here is a 2009 photo.
1982 photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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Another 1982 photo of the Paramount Theatre.
Box office & front entrance.
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1969 photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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1973 night photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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Another 1973 night photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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1971 photo of the Paramount Theatre.
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This is the longest of long-shots. As you can see from the post by Ron3853 above, on 09/17/69 a movie called DEADLY SWEET opened at the Paramount. I am doing research on this obscure movie, and am hoping against hope to find someone who saw it at the Paramount. If you saw it, or if you know someone who did, or if you could trace down someone who did, I would really like to hear from you. You may read my essay on the movie at http://rjbuffalo.com/1967a-he.html
Many thanks!
Ciao!
LHL12
The date given for this photo is March 24, 1982.
A November 2008 photo is here.
Here is a March 1966 ticket to see Bob Dylan at the Paramount. No refunds.
This photo of the Portland Theater might be one of the two links (now expired) that Ken MC posted on Jan 9, 2006.
This is a 2008 close-up view of the marquee.
Another recent photo of the Portland Theater can be seen here.
Warren, yes. You are surely correct. The beige went on when the city took the place over in the mid 80s. I worked at The Oregonian a block up Broadway. I last saw the theatre in 1988. I’m sure they’ve gone in by now with even more beige to touch up the wear and tear.
I have a few dim memories of the place before they subdued it. Its colors were just raucous in places, and in all ways different from what exists today (except for the stonework). I hope to hell that someone made a good color inventory, and took pictures, before they powered up the spray guns. It deserved at least that much respect.
Unfortunately, Monica, the interior already looked like that when I last visited the theatre in 1987, so more layers of beige paint have probably been applied in the twenty years since.
It’s wonderful that it was saved. I believe it’s the last remaining movie palace left in Portland, which once had its fair share of them.
Unfortunately, the exuberant colorful decoration indicated in the BW shots linked above (shoeshoe14, Aug. 23, 2005) has been brought to its knees by hundreds of gallons of beige paint. This paint could be scraped off some day, and I hope it is. But for now the place is a monument to misguided “good taste.”