This article states that the Ashland was turned into a tire store after closure. It looks like it’s currently a beauty salon. http://tinyurl.com/58g23z
Looking at the photos from 10/20/07, I’m reminded of the Westlake Theater in Los Angeles. Lots of stuff worth preserving if you can dispose of the tacky retail.
Here is part of a March 2003 article about the closure. You have to sign up for the news service if you want to read the rest. http://tinyurl.com/6yfrbo
Here is the story:
http://tinyurl.com/344j7x
This photo was part of a Chicago television station’s series on ghost signs:
http://tinyurl.com/6l8q9e
That should be the Royal, not the Ashland.
This article states that the Ashland was turned into a tire store after closure. It looks like it’s currently a beauty salon.
http://tinyurl.com/58g23z
Looking at the photos from 10/20/07, I’m reminded of the Westlake Theater in Los Angeles. Lots of stuff worth preserving if you can dispose of the tacky retail.
There is a circa 1978 photo on page 27 of this survey:
http://tinyurl.com/6pgkls
No, go ahead. I’m going down there in about nine months, so I will wait until then to add any theaters in Brazil.
Just the address listed here. Centro is downtown SP:
Cine Jequitibá – Avenida Anchieta, 1 – Centro, tel.: 231 28 41.
Here is part of a March 2003 article about the closure. You have to sign up for the news service if you want to read the rest.
http://tinyurl.com/6yfrbo
Sorry about that. I deleted some ads by mistake a while ago. If I have time I will try to re-post.
That means the theater is the largest of the two stores on the website. I thought maybe it was the smaller one.
There are photos of two Farmer Joe’s on the store site. One of them may be the old theater:
http://www.farmerjoesmarket.com/
Here is a June 2 article regarding the closure:
http://tinyurl.com/6mbrzw
Address is 26 Front Street.
Looks like status should be closed/demolished. The Dixie closed as a theater on May 31, 1957.
http://tinyurl.com/5jax4e
Public auction in 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/5nszoz
Looks like it’s a performing arts center:
http://tinyurl.com/6ycwyx
The current occupant is African Hair Braiding Center. I don’t know if the salon is in the original theater building.
Here is a postcard, circa 1925:
http://tinyurl.com/59f3mu
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/6qhpqg
Here is a photo of the theater as church:
http://tinyurl.com/5bpvft
Photo here:
http://tinyurl.com/5so7t7
There is a current photo on the church site. Go to www.faithbaptist-church.org and click “about”.
The left side of the marquee is advertising “Mother, Jugs and Speed”, a mid-70s film. I imagine that some filming was going on at the time.
If the theater was in Los Angeles, of course.