The Elk River Theatre is listed as two different projects in the Vanney Associates PDF cited in my previous comment. Apparently Robert Vanney designed both the original theater and the later expansion.
A second entry in the Vanney Associates PDF reveals that Robert Vanney designed the later expansion of the Shakopee Town Square Theatres as well as the original six-screen project.
This house was probably built by Mann Theatres. A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated 8-screen multiplex at Grand Rapids. Vanney has designed many projects for Stephen Mann’s chain.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a 12-screen multiplex at Plymouth, Minnesota.
The document doesn’t give the theater’s name or year of construction, or the name of the owner, which could be a bit of a problem as Plymouth has two 12-screen theaters. I am assuming that it is the Plymouth Cinema 12 that Vanney designed. Its Cinema Treasures page says that the other 12-plex in Plymouth was opened in 1989 by Cineplex Odeon. This one was built for Stephen Mann. Vanney designed many projects for Mann, but David K. Mesbur was Cineplex Odeon’s exclusive architect from about 1983 to 1990.
If this house opened in 1989, then it was built during the period when David K. Mesbur was the exclusive architect for the Cineplex Odeon chain (1983-1990.)
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an 8-screen multiplex at Hopkins, Minnesota. There are no 8-screen theaters in Hopkins, so the number was probably a mistake, unless the house opened with 8 screens and they combined two pairs of them to make larger auditoriums. Robert Vanney has designed many theaters for Stephen Mann’s circuit.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including the 8-screen Rosemount Theatre.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated multiplex at Hastings, Minnesota. It is listed as an 8-screen project, though. Perhaps that is an error, or maybe the house did open with only 8 screens. I can’t find any other multiplexes listed in Hastings.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a seven-screen multiplex at Elk River. This must have been the addition mentioned by boothboy 18. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated six-screen multiplex at St.Louis Park. Vanney designed several projects for Mann Theatres, so this was probably one of them.
Unless East Bethel once had another multiplex, this house must have opened with 8 screens. A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an 8-screen multiplex for East Bethel. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated two-screen addition to the existing three-screen Showcase Theatre at Brookings, SD..
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a nine-screen theater in Eagan, Minnesota.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a six-screen Shakopee Theatre.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a 14-screen house listed as the Champlin Park Theatre. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated interior remodeling of a four-screen theater at Roseville, Minnesota. This having been Roseville’s only four-screen house, it must have been this one.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a two-screen addition to an eight-screen theater in Maple Grove. No date is given for the project. As this is the only ten-screen theater in Maple Grove, it must have been this house.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including the 6-screen Apple Valley Theatre.
Does anyone familiar with Anoka remember the Anoka Theatre having four screens in its last years? According to A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates, which lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, one of them was a remodeling of the Anoka Theatre into a four-screen house. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including Mann’s Hibbing Cinema 8.
This page at Reed Construction Data attributes the design of Century’s Deer Park multiplex to the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. The firm designed many multiplexes for Century during the chain’s last years. This web page from Reed has a partial list of them.
The Summit Sierra 16 multiplex was designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. In its last years, Century had several projects designed by this firm. The firm itself closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
From Scott Neff’s description this sounds like a bit of a Frankentheater. Part of the oddness is probably the result of Century’s addition of three screens to the original 12-screen multiplex. The addition was designed by Century’s favored architects of the period, the San Diego firm Fehlman LaBarre.
Fehlman LaBarre closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE. The domain name of their web site was allowed to lapse and now belongs to a spam site, so avoid it. While information about the theaters the firm designed is no longer available there, Reed Construction Data provides this web page with a very brief description of the project.
The Century Olympia 14 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Redwood Downtown 20 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Elk River Theatre is listed as two different projects in the Vanney Associates PDF cited in my previous comment. Apparently Robert Vanney designed both the original theater and the later expansion.
A second entry in the Vanney Associates PDF reveals that Robert Vanney designed the later expansion of the Shakopee Town Square Theatres as well as the original six-screen project.
This house was probably built by Mann Theatres. A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated 8-screen multiplex at Grand Rapids. Vanney has designed many projects for Stephen Mann’s chain.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a 12-screen multiplex at Plymouth, Minnesota.
The document doesn’t give the theater’s name or year of construction, or the name of the owner, which could be a bit of a problem as Plymouth has two 12-screen theaters. I am assuming that it is the Plymouth Cinema 12 that Vanney designed. Its Cinema Treasures page says that the other 12-plex in Plymouth was opened in 1989 by Cineplex Odeon. This one was built for Stephen Mann. Vanney designed many projects for Mann, but David K. Mesbur was Cineplex Odeon’s exclusive architect from about 1983 to 1990.
If this house opened in 1989, then it was built during the period when David K. Mesbur was the exclusive architect for the Cineplex Odeon chain (1983-1990.)
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an 8-screen multiplex at Hopkins, Minnesota. There are no 8-screen theaters in Hopkins, so the number was probably a mistake, unless the house opened with 8 screens and they combined two pairs of them to make larger auditoriums. Robert Vanney has designed many theaters for Stephen Mann’s circuit.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including the 8-screen Rosemount Theatre.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated multiplex at Hastings, Minnesota. It is listed as an 8-screen project, though. Perhaps that is an error, or maybe the house did open with only 8 screens. I can’t find any other multiplexes listed in Hastings.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a seven-screen multiplex at Elk River. This must have been the addition mentioned by boothboy 18. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated six-screen multiplex at St.Louis Park. Vanney designed several projects for Mann Theatres, so this was probably one of them.
Unless East Bethel once had another multiplex, this house must have opened with 8 screens. A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an 8-screen multiplex for East Bethel. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated two-screen addition to the existing three-screen Showcase Theatre at Brookings, SD..
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a nine-screen theater in Eagan, Minnesota.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a six-screen Shakopee Theatre.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a 14-screen house listed as the Champlin Park Theatre. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including an undated interior remodeling of a four-screen theater at Roseville, Minnesota. This having been Roseville’s only four-screen house, it must have been this one.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including a two-screen addition to an eight-screen theater in Maple Grove. No date is given for the project. As this is the only ten-screen theater in Maple Grove, it must have been this house.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including the 6-screen Apple Valley Theatre.
Does anyone familiar with Anoka remember the Anoka Theatre having four screens in its last years? According to A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates, which lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, one of them was a remodeling of the Anoka Theatre into a four-screen house. No date is given for the project.
A PDF available from the web site of St.Paul architectural firm Vanney Associates lists 25 theater projects designed by Robert F. Vanney, including Mann’s Hibbing Cinema 8.
This page at Reed Construction Data attributes the design of Century’s Deer Park multiplex to the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. The firm designed many multiplexes for Century during the chain’s last years. This web page from Reed has a partial list of them.
The Summit Sierra 16 multiplex was designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre. In its last years, Century had several projects designed by this firm. The firm itself closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
From Scott Neff’s description this sounds like a bit of a Frankentheater. Part of the oddness is probably the result of Century’s addition of three screens to the original 12-screen multiplex. The addition was designed by Century’s favored architects of the period, the San Diego firm Fehlman LaBarre.
Fehlman LaBarre closed in 2010. Partner Mark Fehlman retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE. The domain name of their web site was allowed to lapse and now belongs to a spam site, so avoid it. While information about the theaters the firm designed is no longer available there, Reed Construction Data provides this web page with a very brief description of the project.
The Century Olympia 14 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
The Redwood Downtown 20 is one of several multiplex projects designed for the Century chain by the San Diego architectural firm Fehlman LaBarre (partial list from Reed Construction Data.) The Fehlman LaBarre web site used to have information about their theater projects, but the domain name was allowed to lapse and is now a spam site, so avoid it.
Partner Mark Fehlman has retired from architecture to pursue a career as an artist, and partner Michael LaBarre has merged his practice with San Diego firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.