Green Acres Cinema

4510 State Street,
Saginaw, MI 48603

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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Great States

Firms: William Riseman Associates

Functions: Community Center

Previous Names: Green Acres 1 & 2

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Green Acres Cinema

A single screen theatre, built approximately 1969 by GCC, William Riseman Associates, Architects. It became a fabric store which closed around 2006. It then became Lakeshore Rescue Mission in 2011.

Contributed by dave-bronx

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dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on November 20, 2004 at 5:53 pm

Please update to show originally General Cinema and later Goodrich Quality Theatres as the operators.

dave-bronx™
dave-bronx™ on November 20, 2004 at 9:16 pm

When I left Michigan in 1977 it was still a single. General Cinema split it in 1978, and Goodrich took it over in 1984, at which time it flip-flopped between a first-run and bargain house, depending on the prevailing market conditions in the area.

TOBrien
TOBrien on February 9, 2005 at 12:23 am

Here is the final word on Green Acres Cinema: Goodrich Theaters ceased operations here in Sept, 1991. After sitting dormant for over two years, I renovated and reopened this theater on November 19, 1993. We ran sub-run until I lost the lease and was forced to close on January 2, 1996. The property was leased to “Linens And More” which had previously occupied a smaller space in the mall. They went belly up after a short time and “Hancock Fabrics” moved into its place and remains there today. I’m gratified by the occasional comment that Green Acres Cinema was, during my brief ownership, “the best theatre in Saginaw”.

TenPoundHammer
TenPoundHammer on April 25, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Hancock Fabrics closed about 5 years ago. The space is still vacant because the strip mall’s owners kicked nearly everyone out in hopes of luring Wal-Mart.

TenPoundHammer
TenPoundHammer on April 25, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Correction: the store became Lakeshore Rescue Mission in 2011.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on November 20, 2016 at 5:12 am

Was the cinema named after the television series, Green Acres?

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on February 15, 2019 at 11:59 am

I bet this cinema was the place to be?

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