Circle Theater
2711 Storey Lane,
Dallas,
TX
5220
2711 Storey Lane,
Dallas,
TX
5220
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Built in 1947 and named after the long gone Harry Hines traffic circle, the lonely building is still standing in good condition surrounded by a huge parking lot and wire fence. It is now a bingo hall.
It must have really stood out with its huge towering column on one corner of the building that originally accomodated the Circle name. Its broad marquee and lots of neon have also survived. It is situated on Storey Street between Harry Hines and Denton Drive.
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Don Lewis
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Hey, Randy, how have you been? Done any shooting lately?
It’s too bad there is now no “preview” function, as there was with the older format. Can we get that back?
I, too, miss the comment preview function, but I miss the ability to search for theaters specifically by their previous names even more.
Google Maps still puts the pin icon for this theater on the wrong stretch of Storey Lane, about half a mile from its actual location, which is way over by Denton Drive. I managed to move the Street View to the theater anyway (take that, Google,) though I got lost in the interchange twice. Had I been actually driving, I’d have have been in a collision for sure.
“Had I been actually driving, I’d have have been in a collision for sure.” Ha-ha, Joe, ya gotta love Google Maps!
I live on Storey Lane. Been there since the mid 1960s. When our family walked to the theatre, we would pass by the lumber yard which is across Denton Drive. In front of the lumber yard, we would pick up pecans and eat them in the theatre. I did go to the circle bowl too.
matt54.. sorry for the long delay in the return response. Yep, I shoot when-ever & where-ever I can. I now have 3,000 photos up on my flickr pages! www.flickr.com/photos/racphotography .. Enjoy! RAC Photography
matt54.. sorry for the long delay in the return response. Yep, I shoot when-ever & where-ever I can. I now have 3,000 photos up on my flickr pages! www.flickr.com/photos/racphotography .. Enjoy! RAC Photography
I pass this theater on my way to work. It looks like it is not a functioning business anymore. Does anyone know who the owner may be and if it is, in fact, “in business”?
Some photos I took of the Circle Theatre 2006 .. Enjoy… Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
Featured on the discovery channel show “fast and loud”. Vertical sign has the word carnival on it now.