Judging from the photos I’ve seen, I would be surprised if the restaurant building was a theater. It looks enormous. That’s just speculation, of course.
Listed at 217 Federal in the 1955 Yellow pages, which would put it where the Marriott Spring Hill Suites are now. It looks like there’s a stadium around the corner-is that the Pirates' ballpark?
The Chipotle restaurant mentioned on 4/22/06 is at 3619 Forbes, which is a new building. 3615 is an older building, three or four stories, with retail on the ground floor.
Part of the Associated Drive-In Theatres chain in 1955-“First with the Hits”. Associated headquarters was 72 Van Braam Street, Pittsburgh. Associated also ran the Blue Dell, Camp Horne, Colonial, Harmar, Maple, South Park and Twin Hi-Way drive-ins at that time.
That’s correct. The Stanley Warner listings in the 1955 directory shows the phone number for the Stanley Theater at 207 7th Street as ATlantc 1-9200. Maybe the Schenley used a general number for information. There are 19 S-W theaters listed in 1955 for Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas.
The name is misspelled in the caption, should be Schenley. It was listed in the 1955 yellow pages but gone by 1960. Phone number in 1955 was ATlantc 1-9200.
The other El Capitan on Vine Street can be seen at the top of the page in this undated photo from Life Magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/65q7rw
The Fremont marquee is on the right in this 1961 photo from Life magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/5tlt3g
Judging from the photos I’ve seen, I would be surprised if the restaurant building was a theater. It looks enormous. That’s just speculation, of course.
This is the current occupant on North Avenue:
http://www.keggescabinets.com/
Listed as the Grant at 132 North Avenue in the 1955 yellow pages. Phone number was TAylr 1-3479.
The restaurant photo on Google shows a sizable building. Are you sure this only had 300 seats?
Also listed as the New Hazelwood in the 1955 yellow pages. That should be an AKA.
Listed as the New Granada at 2009 Centre Avenue in the 1955 yellow pages. Phone was GRant 1-5883.
Listed as the New Rex in the 1955 yellow pages. Phone was HEmlok 1-9496.
Listed at 217 Federal in the 1955 Yellow pages, which would put it where the Marriott Spring Hill Suites are now. It looks like there’s a stadium around the corner-is that the Pirates' ballpark?
Phone number in 1955 was TUxedo 1-8444.
Here is a June 2008 article about the closing. No recent news about any re-opening.
http://tinyurl.com/5pa2ja
Advertised as a Stanley-Warner theater in 1955 at 5806 Penn Avenue. Ed, I don’t know why it says 5806, but that’s what I have listed here.
The Chipotle restaurant mentioned on 4/22/06 is at 3619 Forbes, which is a new building. 3615 is an older building, three or four stories, with retail on the ground floor.
Listed as a Stanley-Warner theater in the 1955 yellow pages. Address given was 212 Fifth Avenue. Phone number was NOrth 4-4760.
Part of the Associated Drive-In Theatres chain in 1955-“First with the Hits”. Associated headquarters was 72 Van Braam Street, Pittsburgh. Associated also ran the Blue Dell, Camp Horne, Colonial, Harmar, Maple, South Park and Twin Hi-Way drive-ins at that time.
That’s correct. The Stanley Warner listings in the 1955 directory shows the phone number for the Stanley Theater at 207 7th Street as ATlantc 1-9200. Maybe the Schenley used a general number for information. There are 19 S-W theaters listed in 1955 for Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas.
This was listed as a Stanley Warner theater in the 1955 Pittsburgh yellow pages. Phone number was Sterlng 1-0412.
The name is misspelled in the caption, should be Schenley. It was listed in the 1955 yellow pages but gone by 1960. Phone number in 1955 was ATlantc 1-9200.
Listed in the 1955 yellow pages. Number was CHrchil 1-2232.
Listed in the 1960 Pittsburgh yellow page at 1739 Brighton Place. Phone number was FAirfx 1-6628.
Advertised in the 1946 Detroit yellow pages:
Daily Continuous 8 am to 3 am
13721 Woodward………….TO wnsnd 8-9149.
Some photos here:
http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/nhtplai
Here is the story that goes with the photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5l3n34
Listed at 4212 White Plains Road in the 1960 yellow pages. Phone number was FAirbnks 4-0400.