I lived in the Logan section, Glenifer St.,from the time i was born 1960 till the time we had absolutly no choice but to move summer of 1969. I went to Holy Child, Broad and Duncanon, and can remember going to the logan on Saturday mornings with the older kids. I remember they showed cartoons before the movie, Daffy Duck and what not. My favorite memorie though had to be when sally Starr “Our Gal Sal” made a guest appearence one saturday before the movie started. The place WAS packed. This had to be around 1965/66. Even know i was very young at the time i still remember the place seemed to be bigger and newer then The Rockland which was on the same side of Broad St. about two blocks maybe more going towards Center City. We would go to the Rockland from time to time probably because the Logan was showing a movie we had allready seen.
Then all the sudden it was like a light switch. Kids started getting jumped and beat-up by “other kids” then one of the older kids from my neighborhood got stabbed by one of the “other kids” and that was it! No more going to the Logan or the Rockland for that fact. I think and i’ll have to ask my older brother or sister the Logan may have stayed open till the late 60’s maybe, maybe 68'? The “mass exodus” began right around that time. It went from you being a little kid able to walk to school or the movie’s to not even being able to come out of the house except to run to the car. Does anybody have any info on the Rockland, The Logans close neighbor? When was it built? capacity?Was it used for just movies? Whats going on with The Rockland now?
I lived in the Logan section, Glenifer St.,from the time i was born 1960 till the time we had absolutly no choice but to move summer of 1969. I went to Holy Child, Broad and Duncanon, and can remember going to the logan on Saturday mornings with the older kids. I remember they showed cartoons before the movie, Daffy Duck and what not. My favorite memorie though had to be when sally Starr “Our Gal Sal” made a guest appearence one saturday before the movie started. The place WAS packed. This had to be around 1965/66. Even know i was very young at the time i still remember the place seemed to be bigger and newer then The Rockland which was on the same side of Broad St. about two blocks maybe more going towards Center City. We would go to the Rockland from time to time probably because the Logan was showing a movie we had allready seen.
Then all the sudden it was like a light switch. Kids started getting jumped and beat-up by “other kids” then one of the older kids from my neighborhood got stabbed by one of the “other kids” and that was it! No more going to the Logan or the Rockland for that fact. I think and i’ll have to ask my older brother or sister the Logan may have stayed open till the late 60’s maybe, maybe 68'? The “mass exodus” began right around that time. It went from you being a little kid able to walk to school or the movie’s to not even being able to come out of the house except to run to the car. Does anybody have any info on the Rockland, The Logans close neighbor? When was it built? capacity?Was it used for just movies? Whats going on with The Rockland now?