Fairborn Twin Cinemas
34 S. Broad Street,
Fairborn,
OH
34 S. Broad Street,
Fairborn,
OH
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The Fairborn Theatre was opened by Chakeres Theatres in 1948 and was the chain’s 47th theater. The Fairborn was twinned in the early 1970’s. Chakeres closed the Fairborn Twin Cinema in Nov. 1999 with “Three to Tango” and “Runaway Bride”.
Chakeres donated the Fairborn in 2002 for a community arts group who plan to restore Fairborn to a single screen theatre but have been delayed several times. The Fairborn needs a new roof, plumbing going from the street to the building, new plumbing throughout the theatre, new heating and cooling, the marquee is in need of TLC, and there is a major pigeon problem, just to name a few things wrong with the Fairborn Theatre.
The cost is reported to be around $5-6 million dollars, so we will have wait to see what happens. The Fairborn was a beautiful theatre, but 15 years of neglect by Chakeres and five years of abandonment have not helped.
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Mike Hoyts
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Recent comments (view all 16 comments)
Hi Kimberly
I just sent you an e-mail through your website via your assistant. I attached a few photos of the theatre and left my contact info….Please give me a call, I can give you a much better update over the phone.
New website: htpp://fairbornpac.org
Sorry, for the typo: it is http://fairbornpac.org
Here is a recent photo.
This is another photo of the Fairborn Theater.
Here is a 1949 photo:
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1983 photo of the Fairborn Theater.
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1986 photo of the Fairborn Theatre.
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Another 1986 photo of the Fairborn Theatre.
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1986 fron of the marquee. Fairborn Theatre.
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A 2009 photo is here.
I was just reading through some of the comments, and the newest ones being from mid-2009 concern me. I’m a current 8th grader at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, although I still live in and love Fairborn with all my heart. Theatre is my life, and don’t get me wrong, I love all the theatres that I work with in other cities in the area, but I would absolutely love for Fairborn to have out own to be proud of, and show off talent from. Has the plan for the theatre been lost? I can’t seem to find much information…
Sorry for the mistype, it’s*