Belvedere Theatre
1346 Columbia Drive,
Decatur,
GA
30032
1346 Columbia Drive,
Decatur,
GA
30032
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Long before ending its days as a porn house, this theater was a very family friendly movie house which opened in 1964.
The Belvedere Theatre is literally across the street and up the hill from the Cinema 16. The Belvedere Theatre was closed in Spring of 2009.
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R.I.P MAC “atlplayer”
TO MY GREAT FRIEND GONE TO SOON!
This man was a great friend to have as anyone of us could tell you.
Him and his family are the perfect ideal neighbor and friend.
I have known Ad,Mac,Mark,Mink for over 20 years.
I have had some great moments shared with them threw the years.
I am glad to say that I am still intouch with the family.
We all got so much we could say about this family
I dont know where to begin.
We could start in D'Ville. Mac was rolling in the Super Clean BMW,he loved that BLAUPUNKT cd changer.
Mark was racing that Mighty Max with a 20" Sub Woofer in the bed of the truck,the box was so big it took about four guys to lift it.
Ad was always manageing the boys and the business,and what a fine job she did at that.
So as life went by we seen this family have success within education,business,family,friends,etc.
I remember the day’s we use to hang out at Belevedere running up the stairs because the film broke,and Mark was quick to fix the problem.
Or the time I got to watch “LEAN ON ME” which was playing on the screen,The atmosphere was AMAZING
And all the times we would go to HOOTERS"all drums extra wet extra crispy,curly fries and cold beer",Steak and Shake,Pop Eyes man the list goes on and on,life was never dull hanging out with this family.
I still remember the time Mac And I “mainly me lol” tilled up Ad’s entire yard at her house,man there was so many rocks and that hard clay ground I was about to pass out,meanwhile mac was on the porch kicked back giving directions.
We all have so many GREAT things to say about MAC and this family.
So I will close by asking all the friends of MAC and this family, to keep them in your prayers as I will do the same.
ALWAYS GREATFUL TO CALL YOU ALL MY FRIEND’S/EXTENDED FAMILY.
LOVE TONY
I seem to remember seeing E.T. and the Evil Dead there in 1982. Anyone remember seeing those, or am I thinking of the wrong place?
I definitely remember my Dad buying the Evil Dead tickets for me and my brother because we were too young. That movie, silly at it was, scared the hell out of us.
Here is how the Belvedere looks now.
www.flickr.com/photos/jfb57/4739882827/in/photostream/
I’m afraid this theater may have burned down today:
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The article doesn’t specifically mention the theater, but then again, as J.B. above has shown, the theater didn’t even have a sign any more.
If it’s gone, what a shame…but then again, maybe good riddance and start fresh, considering the history.
It’s pretty crazy that J.B. just posted today saying “Here is how the Belvedere looks now” about 5 minutes after the call came in to the fire department (according to the article).
I’m not saying, but I’m saying!
I took the picture on Easter Sunday and have just figured out how to load it on my computer and post it.
Here is the damage to the strip center. The theater did not burn down but probably sustained smoke and water damage.
www.flickr.com/photos/jfb57/4752285707/?addedcomment=1#comment72157624401106496
We sometimes work for the landlord and we’ve heard from him that the theater hasn’t received much, if any, damage as a direct result of the fire. It sounds like everything to the left of the burnt out space suffered most of the smoke damage. I guess there’s an ongoing arson investigation, and until that’s resolved no work can be done to clear the site or repair the adjacent buildings which could be trouble.
This opened in 1964. No ad found.
Currently the location of a boarded up strip mall. I assume the original theater was demolished.
The building is still there back behind the Autozone and former A&P at the back of the strip center. https://goo.gl/maps/sCf7W9saP6PPdjy78 The burnt out space is the portion demolished in the middle of the strip. The taller boxes out back were the old theaters. There’s a private strip club in the ‘boarded up’ spaces to the right of the theater. Not sure if they took over the theater too or not.