I would love to see a similar article – with the slide show and inteactive map – for other cities such as Chicago, Toronto, Detroit and others which clusters of theaters in downtowns.
No, the Briarwood Dollar Movies is in the Briarwood Mall, whereas this quad was in an old strip mall called Maplewood. BTW, the correct website for Teicher Theaters is http://www.teichertheaters.org
The architect of this theater was quite possibly, if not definitely, Drew Eberson. The archive of his and his father’s work indicates he drew up plans for a theater at the Great Northern Shopping Center in 1965 for Stanley-Warner which was the original operator.
Did you mean Drew EBERSON? The archive of his and his father’s work (which is part of the Wolfsonian Collection at Florida International University) shows that Drew Eberson designed a theater for Clarksville, IN in 1968. Does the Greentree 4 date back that far? It seems that Cinemark started operating it in the late 80s.
I am a frequent contributor to CT living in Saint Louis, MO I had posted the news item regarding the closing of the Greentree 10. Good luck on that venture!
As it turns out, the condos are not going to be built on the Marquis theater site; instead it will be used to build a bus station/parking garage, and apparently a high school sports hall of fame will be part of it as well. A press release can be read here:View link
According to this item, the re-opening is set for Thanksgiving (or the day after – the article is confusing on this issue) with “The Wizard of Oz” as the attraction. View link
Based on this information, it is now being use as a venue for live music: View link
Name should now be Starz Theater with Regal as an aka and function should also be changed.
Yes, that’s it – as it looked then. Here’s a link to a site that has two pictures of what it looked like after closing (scroll down to see them. View link
Here’s another related story; according to the information here, the theater will open under Paragon management but under the Muvico name in 2010: View link
But given the history of the whole Block 37 project, the current financial snarl, and the economy in general, I am more than a tad skeptical.
The correct URL for Teicher Theaters is:
http://teichertheaters.org/
The correct URL for Teicher Theaters is:
http://teichertheaters.org/
Sorry, LM. 8-)
Here is a set of pictures of the new vertical being installed: View link
I would love to see a similar article – with the slide show and inteactive map – for other cities such as Chicago, Toronto, Detroit and others which clusters of theaters in downtowns.
This link has some pictures of the theater under some of its former names:
View link
No, the Briarwood Dollar Movies is in the Briarwood Mall, whereas this quad was in an old strip mall called Maplewood. BTW, the correct website for Teicher Theaters is http://www.teichertheaters.org
According to this article, the theater is closed and for sale:
http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/1586257.html
This theater should be identified as the Spartan 3, as it was a triplex in its last years, with Spartan Twin as an aka.
The theater was designed by Drew Eberson.
The architect of this theater was quite possibly, if not definitely, Drew Eberson. The archive of his and his father’s work indicates he drew up plans for a theater at the Great Northern Shopping Center in 1965 for Stanley-Warner which was the original operator.
Did you mean Drew EBERSON? The archive of his and his father’s work (which is part of the Wolfsonian Collection at Florida International University) shows that Drew Eberson designed a theater for Clarksville, IN in 1968. Does the Greentree 4 date back that far? It seems that Cinemark started operating it in the late 80s.
I am a frequent contributor to CT living in Saint Louis, MO I had posted the news item regarding the closing of the Greentree 10. Good luck on that venture!
Based on the “Psychomania” website, it seems that the haunted theater has been a seasonal event. Is the theater really being renovated?
As it turns out, the condos are not going to be built on the Marquis theater site; instead it will be used to build a bus station/parking garage, and apparently a high school sports hall of fame will be part of it as well. A press release can be read here:View link
AS with all of the other Cinema North properties, this theater has closed.
According to this item, the re-opening is set for Thanksgiving (or the day after – the article is confusing on this issue) with “The Wizard of Oz” as the attraction. View link
Based on this information, it is now being use as a venue for live music: View link
Name should now be Starz Theater with Regal as an aka and function should also be changed.
The theater has been sold to a developer and will probably be demoished. Article here: View link
According to this more recent item in the Naples News, the number of screens will be reduced to six:
View link
Yes, that’s it – as it looked then. Here’s a link to a site that has two pictures of what it looked like after closing (scroll down to see them. View link
Status should be closed.
It was still standing at least as of May of this year according to this item with picture:
View link
Here’s another related story; according to the information here, the theater will open under Paragon management but under the Muvico name in 2010:
View link
But given the history of the whole Block 37 project, the current financial snarl, and the economy in general, I am more than a tad skeptical.
Related article indicating the re-opeming date is now November 27: View link
Thanks for the correction!