Casa Linda Theatre
150 Casa Linda Plaza,
Dallas,
TX
75218
150 Casa Linda Plaza,
Dallas,
TX
75218
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The Casa Linda will reopen next spring as an Alamo Drafthouse cinema pub, according to this Dallas Business Journal article. The article says that Alamo will leave the façade and marquee intact, and “maintain the look and feel of the landmark”.
It’s common sense. All people like to be entertained no matter what color. So if the future owner of this theatre is reading this, please keep this in mind. You will make lot money. BELIEVE THAT buddy, people like the feeling of walking into something rich with culture and class. Don’t be scared of a riot, because it won’t happen. Walk around in the area, there are all kinds of people there. If you go up to United Artist on 635 and Mcree you’ll see that the “Latinos” have not vandalized a single thing. For that matter any other theatre. Do you think we don’t have any cars or what? We can go anywhere as unbelievable as that might seem. And yes we have even been known to go to the Angelika up in Plano every now and then too. If the issue is that you don’t want the Latinos to drink out of the same water fountains as the Anglos, then please join us in 2005. And rethink who’s the one who has more culture and class again.
well fair park is kinda neat to me,im from los angeles and nothing that old beside the collisium is around,i think the designs are great,and the municiple aud is awsome.its funny most MAUDS in tx look alike.
yeah, thats completely and utterly true, but it couldn’t hurt to ask.
I am new to the area. I kind of thought that. It seems that they want everyone to stay in Dallas but they aren’t willing to put up the money for it. I was actually appalled when I first saw the Dallas Zoo and the Fair Park area. It looks deplorable. It’s not what I expected out of a big city like Dallas.
Hello LB…… if you are in Dallas, you must be new to these parts…The city of Dallas aint into restorin' or preservin' nothin', except their salaries.
So… has anyone bought it yet? How much is it? Will the city help with any restoration efforts of the building?
apparently im not the only one who has thought about opening it up again. As renovating it would cost a lot of money to return it to its original state, i hope to re-open it in a different form. I would like to turn it into a multi-functional builing. Concerts, Galleries, and conventions could be held daily, and could possibly help return the arts into our community. I live aout 2 blocks from the theatre and i have watched it, no one seems to be interested in renovating it. If i could actually pull this off, i would need a lot of help, anyone interested that would be inclined to offer his/ her skills would be muchly appreciated.
Mr TJ of San Francisco? That isn’t exactly what I was trying to
say. That was a misprint of other information on the computer @
the time. The theatre may reopen
Thank you
Wow my post was almost as incoherent as the one I was translating. (And yes, Latinos watch lots of movies.) The organization I referred to is MEChA, the “Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de AZTLAN.” AZTLAN is the group’s name for the area it claims was stolen from Mexico that they have vowed to reconquer and reclaim for Mexico. It consists of most of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. More info: http://ccir.net/mecha990218actionalert.html
Theatre being offered by
The McLendon Companies / Tri-State Theatres
Preston Rd @ I-635, 6th floor
Dallas, Texas
(972) 991-1825
Don’t Latinos go to movies too? This theatre already has a Spanish name (Beautiful House), so why shouldn’t it show Spanish-language movies?
Mr. Marquess is saying the area is going Latino and investors won’t gamble on a movie theatre there. AZTLAN is a reference to a Mexican-American advocacy group—coming to a high school near you—whose motto is (I kid you not): “For the race (La Raza), everything; for all others, nothing.” They assert that most of the Southwest US was stolen from Mexico and want Mexican hegemony there.
Please pardon me Mr Marquess…..but I cannot figure out what you are trying to say……………..Would mind restating the comment above?
Is ‘Aztlan’ the name of another theater in this area?
R.L. Marquess…….what are you trying to say..!!?? You lost me on the first sentence.
The Casa Linda theatre was a quad, not a 3-plex. The “3” on the marquee was part of a protected sign that could not be altered in any way. The chain that operated the Casa Linda until our lease was terminated due to a potential sale of the building was Casa Linda Theatre, Inc. of Plano, Texas.
Richard Peterson
I too saw the article in the Dallas Morning News regarding the purported sale of the Casa Linda. What kind of “investment group” if any, would make a purchase like this without a contractual agreement enabling them to make the necessary repairs? I suspect the management would more than welcome a genuine effort toward refurbishing the theater.
I passed by the theater Sunday, November 7th. The exterior is pretty much in tact. The dead pigeons have been removed from the lobby, but it is still trashed!! The is still an AVAILABLE sign and phone number posted in a front window glass.
This is another tragedy. Does the exterior still have this beautiful marquee or has it been torn off?
How sad that the management company has no vision and won’t allow this treasure to be restored to its former glory. But what can you expect from a group that destroyed the wonderful old Mobil gas station on the same property? Bringing back the old theater would certainly liven up this dreary old strip center. What a loss for theater lovers.
From: RICHARD PETERSON [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 3:25 PM
To: Matthew Creed
Subject: Fwd: FW:
According to an article in the Dallas Morning News about four weeks ago, the Casa Linda was sold to a private investment group who are trying to decide what to do with the property. Building needs major repairs. There is currently a conflict with the property owner who has refused to allow any heavy trucks onto the shopping center property to do anything with the theatre. I am not involved with the new group and don’t know what they will ultimately decide to do with the property.
Rich Peterson
972-931-4161
I work with a woman who’s husband use to operate the theatre up until it’s close in 1999. I will find out who is selling this treasure and post it back on here.
If anyone finds the capital to get this theatre going I will gladly donate my time to help see it up and running again. I’ve worked at a small theatre in Terrell, Tx and then was an Assistant Manager of the Inwood for 2.5 years before I moved on to the Corporate Office of Cinemark.
Once again a surfeit of people on this site who want to buy a theatre, but can’t seem to find out who is selling it. This is so silly —– I think anyone with the enormous skills it takes to resurrect one of these treasures would know enough to pick up the phone and call ANY commercial real estate agent, who would be more than happy to help a serious buyer.
I just stumbled on this site. Happy to report that my grandfather was the architect on this shopping center, including the theatre. His name was C. Sidney Milam, and he officed on the second floor of the small office area on the east side of the center, opposite of the theatre. I was raised in the area, and recall going to the movies there, years before the theatre was sub-divided. I belive the firm name was Miliam Roper Architects, and they primarily were residentail architects in the Casa Linda / Casa View area.
Rick Ferrara, AIA, Dallas Texas
This theater is on the Texas endangered list also:
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