Lakeshore 7 Cinemas
22624 Lakeshore Boulevard,
Euclid,
OH
44123
22624 Lakeshore Boulevard,
Euclid,
OH
44123
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The Lake Theatre started as a single screen neighborhood theatre, opening on September 1, 1949 with 1,600 seats. Large naughtical murals on the side walls of the auditorium were by interior designer Hans R. Teichert.
It was expanded in the 1970’s to the 1990’s to its present 7-screens. The theatre was renamed Lakeshore 7 Cinemas, with the Art Deco style Lake neon tower still lit up brightly over the Euclid sky.
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Some of the information in the original entry for this this theater is not correct; there is no connection between the demolition of the Shore and the expansion of the Lake into what is now the Lakeshore 7. The Lake and the Shore were not next to each other – the Lake address is and was 22624 Lakeshore Boulevard; the Shore was at 22500. A number of storefronts separated the two theaters, most of which remain today. The site of the Shore in now occupied by a bank and
an entrance to the parking that was behind the the theaters.
As dave-bronx points out, the Shore was demolished in the early 1980’s. Both the Lake and the Shore had been closed, but some years after the demolition of the Shore, an entrepreneur with community support, reopened the Lake. Its first expansion was by triplexing -two smaller cinemas were built into the original auditorium. In the early 90’s, four cinemas were added along one side of the theater by capturing an alleyway and perhaps one or two of the stores, but none of the expansion occupies any part of the Shore’s footprint.
CWalczak
The Lakeshore Cinema just under went remodeling. Atlas Cinemas added stadium seating to the viewing rooms. Along with remodeling the owners put in larger screens.
Lakeshore 7 website
The Lake theater opened in 1949 with the showing of We Were Strangers staring John Garfield and Jenifer Jones. Its next feature was titled Look for the Silver Lining. The Lake was a popular neighborhood house for many years. The Lake was always considered a step above many other neighborhood houses. I was a projectionist there from 1980 yo 2002. I watched the Lake grow from one screen, to three, to seven. The current management is doing a good job. A visit to the lake will take you a step back into the past while visiting the future.
1982 photo of the Lake theatre.
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1978 photo of the Lake Theatre.
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1983 photo of the Lake Theatre.
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1983 night photo of the Lake Theatre.
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Another 1983 night photo of the Lake Theatre.
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This was originally “the Lake”. It was part of the late 40s/early 50s development of retail along Lake Shore Blvd and probably dates from 1949-1951. It was part of the Associated Theatres chain. They sold it in the early 70s as they switched to multiplexes like the one at Great Lake Mall that they owned. It was always a first run theatre during its Associated ownership and was the nicer of the two theatres in the area. It briefly functioned as a $2 second-run theatre before closing and its later renovation.
The Great Lakes was a built has a single screen by Associate Theaters around 1168/1969. It was operated has a single screen til Associate sold the theater and Midway mall to Blair Mooney (National Theaters. Both of then where then twinned. It was ok at first til Blair remodeled and added 4 more screens. It became one of the best theaters in town
1168? I did not know there were movie theaters in the Middle Ages.
Here is page one of a Boxoffice Magazine article from January 7, 1950, with photos of the Lake Theatre as well as the Mayland Theatre, built the same year and designed by the same architects. Additional photos of the theaters appear on the two subsequent pages. The final page of text can be found at this link.