According to the caption on this photo, the Nickel was also called the Olympia and, unflatteringly, the Rathole. I’m guessing that the latter was not an authorized name for the theater: http://tinyurl.com/2dprgo
This information is found on the site that provided Lost Memory’s photo of 7/13/07:
The Lake Theater was located at 322 East Main Street across from the Lakeland Terrace Hotel. The building housing the theater was built in the early 1920’s and originally was home to a furniture store. It was later home to the Cardwell Motor Car Company in the mid-1920’s. The building was converted for use as a movie theater and it opened as the Lakeland Theater in 1928. The name was changed to the Lake Theater in the late 1940’s. The theater closed in the early 1960’s and the building was torn down in 1970 to make way for a parking garage.
This photo was posted on waymarking.com on September 15, 2007. It’s unknown if that was the actual date that the photo was taken: http://tinyurl.com/2xftwt
Here is an undated photo of the Atlantic Theater on First Avenue. This is prior to major remodeling of the facade:
http://tinyurl.com/ysmmcm
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ypaqkp
According to the caption on this photo, the Nickel was also called the Olympia and, unflatteringly, the Rathole. I’m guessing that the latter was not an authorized name for the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/2dprgo
Here is a 1956 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2tycn8
No argument from me.
Here is a 1974 ad from the NY Times:
http://tinyurl.com/ypzasp
Here is a 1973 ad from the NY Times:
http://tinyurl.com/2htfcw
Here is a 1934 ad from the NY Times:
http://tinyurl.com/296qs4
Here are two more depressing photos, taken in 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/26xus9
I stand corrected.
I can’t see it. I will see if there are any more Calexico photos around. I was there a couple of years ago, but no camera.
Advertised as the Rocking Chair Theater in the late sixties. Architect was J. Frank Spires. Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3744cd
114 Heffernan is a business called Biomedics, where you can donate blood.
The first photo was taken in 1940. You can also see the New Daisy to the right. The second photo is circa 1960s:
http://tinyurl.com/3apy6u
http://tinyurl.com/3xjg32
Here are some 2006 views of Heffernan at First. I can’t tell you which building might have been the Azteca, however:
http://tinyurl.com/ytpnn6
http://tinyurl.com/2etsoa
This information is found on the site that provided Lost Memory’s photo of 7/13/07:
The Lake Theater was located at 322 East Main Street across from the Lakeland Terrace Hotel. The building housing the theater was built in the early 1920’s and originally was home to a furniture store. It was later home to the Cardwell Motor Car Company in the mid-1920’s. The building was converted for use as a movie theater and it opened as the Lakeland Theater in 1928. The name was changed to the Lake Theater in the late 1940’s. The theater closed in the early 1960’s and the building was torn down in 1970 to make way for a parking garage.
This photo was posted on waymarking.com on September 15, 2007. It’s unknown if that was the actual date that the photo was taken:
http://tinyurl.com/2xftwt
Conversion news from September 2007:
http://tinyurl.com/yraozr
Here is an update from the Daily World:
http://tinyurl.com/27l7v7
The photos have been posted on the theater’s site if you want to take a look inside.
Here is a view of the interior from wikipedia:
http://tinyurl.com/yovs7g
This is an article dated 12/20/07 about the possible demolition of the Wayne:
http://tinyurl.com/yppot3
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/357sze
More of the tiles have been uncovered. Not for long, though, as I think the construction will obliterate this area soon.
Here is a 1954 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3c6ahr