Sold at £1: A campaign to reopen the derelict Burnley Empire Theatre has taken a major step forward, after the building was sold to a group which has been trying to save it.
At http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/WeymouthTheatres.htm#pav
the history is more detailed. The 1908 theatre depicted was destroyed by a fire in 1954. Another theatre was built on the site (1958-1960) and opened in 1960.
I guess this is what http://www.allekinos.com/FLOERSHEIMGloria.htm lists as “Gloria” (converted to a beverage market) at Hospitalstrasse 4-6 in Flörsheim.
The cinema (a back building) has been demolished in 2017, see https://www.heidelberg24.de/heidelberg/heidelberg-altstadt-fotos-lux-harmonie-kino-wird-abgerissen-8583839.html
The part on the photo with the entrance (a listed old house called “Wormser Hof”) was not demolished, though.
The history of this building is actually more interesting than its last name and the eerie Google image may promise. It was opened as “Kamera am Ring”, where in addition to commercial fare the first screenings of the communal cinema were shown in the 1960s (which would later become “Cinema Quadrat” at another location). The “Kamera am Ring” was renamed “Royal” and became an adult cinema in the early 1970s. In 1981 it was renamed “Blue Movie Kino Centre”. It closed for good in 2009, the foyer is now a gambling arcade.
A picture from July 1973: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VACANT_BUILDING_AT_EAST_103RD_STREET_HAS_BEEN_VANDALIZED_AND_STRIPPED_WHILE_LITIGATION_OVER_URBAN_RENEWAL_OF_THE_SITE…–NARA–550140.tif
The cinema is categorized as being in Ohio, the map says so, too, but the address says South Carolina. The address is correct, since Maybank Highway (see image) and River Road are two streets that are close to each other in South Carolina, not in Ohio.
Sold at £1: A campaign to reopen the derelict Burnley Empire Theatre has taken a major step forward, after the building was sold to a group which has been trying to save it.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2018/burnley-empire-saved-campaign-group-buy-1/
At http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/WeymouthTheatres.htm#pav the history is more detailed. The 1908 theatre depicted was destroyed by a fire in 1954. Another theatre was built on the site (1958-1960) and opened in 1960.
According to “The Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950”, it was demolished in 1958.
The coordinates are wrong, the cinema is actually at 50.43492 -3.55855
Seems to have been replaced by an (comparably ugly) multiplex cinema “Megarama Fes”. http://rol-benzaken.centerblog.net/2894-cinema-empire-a-fes
Address is: Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 95-97, 42719 Solingen
See http://filmtheater.square7.de/wiki/index.php?title=Solingen_Modernes_Theater_Wald
Now renamed “Luchskino” (a pun with Lux = light and Luchs = lynx, the wild cat), new website: http://www.luchskino.de/
It is now called “Das Lumen Solingen”, website: https://sg.das-lumen.de/
Demolished in 2015. http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/aachen/ausgetanzt-jakobshof-zieht-aus-dem-elysee-aus-1.1010168
I guess this is what http://www.allekinos.com/FLOERSHEIMGloria.htm lists as “Gloria” (converted to a beverage market) at Hospitalstrasse 4-6 in Flörsheim.
The correct address is Luise-Albertz-Platz 1, 46047 Oberhausen
The cinema (a back building) has been demolished in 2017, see https://www.heidelberg24.de/heidelberg/heidelberg-altstadt-fotos-lux-harmonie-kino-wird-abgerissen-8583839.html
The part on the photo with the entrance (a listed old house called “Wormser Hof”) was not demolished, though.
The history of this building is actually more interesting than its last name and the eerie Google image may promise. It was opened as “Kamera am Ring”, where in addition to commercial fare the first screenings of the communal cinema were shown in the 1960s (which would later become “Cinema Quadrat” at another location). The “Kamera am Ring” was renamed “Royal” and became an adult cinema in the early 1970s. In 1981 it was renamed “Blue Movie Kino Centre”. It closed for good in 2009, the foyer is now a gambling arcade.
See: http://www.allekinos.com/MANNHEIM%20BlueMovie.htm
Old photos at the Commons.
Here’s another image: Commons
A picture from July 1973: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VACANT_BUILDING_AT_EAST_103RD_STREET_HAS_BEEN_VANDALIZED_AND_STRIPPED_WHILE_LITIGATION_OVER_URBAN_RENEWAL_OF_THE_SITE…–NARA–550140.tif
This is actually in Shaker Heights, OH, not Cleveland itself.
The cinema is categorized as being in Ohio, the map says so, too, but the address says South Carolina. The address is correct, since Maybank Highway (see image) and River Road are two streets that are close to each other in South Carolina, not in Ohio.
The facade after restoration can be seen here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arch_Social_Clubhouse_(Baltimore)
Photo from 2011: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harlem_Park_Community_Baptist_Church_(21592336602).jpg
exact duplicate of http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/43584
The Google Map is off quite a lot, the correct coordinates are 29°35'57.52"N, 90°43'9.70"W
Not demolished, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IslandFallsME_OperaHouse.jpg
seems to be a double entry for http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/32377
This is not in Georgia, but in Mississippi.