Gay Street Cinema

btkrefft on September 27, 2008 at 1:45 pm

I found the information below on the Gay Street Cinema on this website.

Gay Street Cinema, 215 S. Gay, 1969

The building also housed “Film Amusements Inc.” Local theater expert Wallace Baumann recalls that “Deep Throat” played there, and the newspapers reported long lines of would-be patrons waiting outside the theater. This address was demolished for the construction of Summit Hill Drive.

Among the 28 businesses that lost their buildings were El Rocco Club; Rainbow Club; Fielden’s; Faith Apostolic Church; Monday Real Estate; and Rentenbach Construction. The old Lawson McGhee library building was also torn down during this road design project.