Anacostia Theatre
1415 Good Hope Road SE,
Washington,
DC
20020
1415 Good Hope Road SE,
Washington,
DC
20020
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This late John Eberson movie house opened in 1947 in the Anacostia area of Washington. It replaced an earlier theater of the same name. This Streamline Moderne theater had a fairly brief life, closing in 1967.
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One Sunday recently I searched for the Anacostia. The report the theatre was raized is false. There is a smashed-up pile of rubble, still with 4 walls and a roof, that used to be where folks went to enjoy a show at this once-comfortable neighborhood theatre. The infamous high crime of Anacostia (murder, armed robbery, etc) were hourly occurrances and are not compatable with operating a movie theatre. Washington elected and re-elected the cocaine sniffing and crime-supportive Mayor Marion Barry (D), and until he was removed there was no possibility of peaceful human existance in Anacostia.
The Anacostia Theatre opened on March 1 1947 with Ginger Rogers & David Niven in “Magnificent Doll”. It closed in April 1967.
Does anyone remember the theater located on Pennsylvania ave. S.E. between 27th st. S.E. and 30th st. S.E. ? It was on the right side of the road as you leaving town. By the way rlvjr, you are right on about the mayor.
I found the building that use to be the theater i.m looking for. Its at Pennsylvania ave. and 27th st. SE The front of the building still has the marquee with a sign saying its a child development center. Does anyone remember the name of the theater.
I know the name of the theater now. It was the Highland.