Colón Theater
507 S. El Paso Street,
El Paso,
TX
79901
507 S. El Paso Street,
El Paso,
TX
79901
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The Art Moderne Colon Theater once screened Spanish-language films but today houses a retail establishment.
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Bryan Krefft
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1980 Night Photo
Here is an October 1972 ad from the El Paso Herald-Post:
http://tinyurl.com/osqyzv
Nice shots of the COLON THEATRE no pun intended.
Please note spelling of theatre, in neon, above marquee. There is an ACCENT mark between the L & O. It would be pronounced the same as COLOGNE.
This theatre has nothing to do with the human bowel system.
Thanks Larry, COLOGNE does smell better.
tisloews……..You’re absolutely right, a whole lot better!!
El Colon is described in detail in Cynthia Farah Haines “Showtime! From Opera Houses to Picture Palaces in El Paso” (Texas Western Press 2006).
I am a Colon… It was really awesome for me and my family to get a tour of this theater. The family crest hangs in the theater today. I’m glad I got to share this experience with my mother, to remember when she and my father, Joseph Blas Colon used to go on dates during their youth in El Paso. My father is now deceased but I have many memories and proud to be a Colon. By the way… The accent mark is supposed to go over the second “o.”. (iPad does not have special characters so I can’t type it here.)
Is that the crest hanging above what was the screen in the 1/24/09 shot I posted earlier?
A Photo of the Colon Theatre I took in Jan 2012..
Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer