Without question the absolutely best venue to watch a film in the Jacksonville/St Augustine area! This is premium IMAX, not the watered down version offered by most multiplexes.
The actual address of the former Norwood is 5611 Norwood Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32208. Although the building remains, it is hard to tell what, if any of the original interior remains.
From the literature that I have come across on the San Souci, it continued as a club on and off up until around the mid 1950s when it disappeared from the books.
It appears that Landmark is no longer considering adding the Uptown to it’s portfolio but that a group within the Cleveland Park community is hoping to revive the theatre.
Am hoping for the best. It would be great if the original auditorium could be restored to a single screen, but for now, am glad that it will once again be operational. The onus is now on the fine arts community to keep it running and making it the premier venue for art, classic and foregin film.
There were two other theatres, both with a seating capacity of 150, which operated in Macclenny between 1931 and 1945, the Dixie and the Baker. It is reasonable to beleive, base on the town’s populace being under 500 during this time period, that they were all the same venue.
The Florida is a jewel! The community keeps it up and going. Not exactly a twin in that the balcony has been closed off to create a smaller screening room rather than splitting the auditorium in half.
The Princess is currently vacant and on the market. The auditorium appears to be relatively intact but in need of some major restoration and upgrading if the future tenant plans to use it again as an entertainment venue. The town draws a lot of tourist so it might have has some potential either as a cinema or live performance hall.
Now the Port Theatre Art and Culture Center, the exterior is remarkable good shape but the interior is in need of total restoration. There is a considerable about our support for the persevation of the theatre within the community but the work that needs to be done will come at a substantial cost. Let’s hope for the best.
Any idea as to when this theatre closed? The interior has been gutted and transformed into a medical clinic. A little bit of the exterior remains intact, just enough to reveal it was once a theatre.
The Naples theatre was in operation at least through the mid 1960s and was located on 3rd Street. In that there is no evidence of a Quonset building in that area, it appears that it was razed.
There was a Grand Theatre at this site in the early 1900s. Was the Konover just a later iteration of the Grand or was the Grand demolished? The seating capacity was roughly the same.
The was a Haines City Theatre (not the twin) which resided in the downtown area of Haines City around the late forties or early fifties. Might this be it under a different banner.
There is some overlapped in their (Fox and Crestview) respective histories which suggest that the two might be one. Also, based on the town’s size, I don’t think it would have been profitable to have both theatres in operation at once. But I could be wrong…
The Princess was at one time a hard-top theatre which opened in 1926 with a seating capacity of 200. It was later expanded to accommodate 330 in 1934. The theater was destroyed by fire on April 13, 1965. The Princess Drive-In came into being at a later date.
Without question the absolutely best venue to watch a film in the Jacksonville/St Augustine area! This is premium IMAX, not the watered down version offered by most multiplexes.
The vintage 70s auditorium remains mostly intact at this church. Giant screen for such a small venue.
The actual address of the former Norwood is 5611 Norwood Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32208. Although the building remains, it is hard to tell what, if any of the original interior remains.
A website has been set up to help with both the lease and restoration of the Tara Theatre: https://taraatlanta.com/home
From the literature that I have come across on the San Souci, it continued as a club on and off up until around the mid 1950s when it disappeared from the books.
It appears that Landmark is no longer considering adding the Uptown to it’s portfolio but that a group within the Cleveland Park community is hoping to revive the theatre.
https://dcist.com/story/23/03/16/uptown-theater-closed-dc-neighbors-fundraise-keep-it-theater/
The site in which the theatre resided has been cleared for some years and the status should be changed to demolished.
Still push to restore the original auditorium and equip it with 70mm projection. That will make even Jurassic Park, ver 962 look great.
Am hoping for the best. It would be great if the original auditorium could be restored to a single screen, but for now, am glad that it will once again be operational. The onus is now on the fine arts community to keep it running and making it the premier venue for art, classic and foregin film.
There were two other theatres, both with a seating capacity of 150, which operated in Macclenny between 1931 and 1945, the Dixie and the Baker. It is reasonable to beleive, base on the town’s populace being under 500 during this time period, that they were all the same venue.
The Florida is a jewel! The community keeps it up and going. Not exactly a twin in that the balcony has been closed off to create a smaller screening room rather than splitting the auditorium in half.
The Princess is currently vacant and on the market. The auditorium appears to be relatively intact but in need of some major restoration and upgrading if the future tenant plans to use it again as an entertainment venue. The town draws a lot of tourist so it might have has some potential either as a cinema or live performance hall.
Now the Port Theatre Art and Culture Center, the exterior is remarkable good shape but the interior is in need of total restoration. There is a considerable about our support for the persevation of the theatre within the community but the work that needs to be done will come at a substantial cost. Let’s hope for the best.
Any idea as to when this theatre closed? The interior has been gutted and transformed into a medical clinic. A little bit of the exterior remains intact, just enough to reveal it was once a theatre.
The Naples theatre was in operation at least through the mid 1960s and was located on 3rd Street. In that there is no evidence of a Quonset building in that area, it appears that it was razed.
There was a Grand Theatre at this site in the early 1900s. Was the Konover just a later iteration of the Grand or was the Grand demolished? The seating capacity was roughly the same.
There was also an Arcade Theatre operating in east Havana during this time period.
The exterior is identical to the AMC 8 plex which cropped up during the 1980s through the US.
The was a Haines City Theatre (not the twin) which resided in the downtown area of Haines City around the late forties or early fifties. Might this be it under a different banner.
The actual address is/was: 1132 Ave D, Fort Pierce, FL 34950.
There is some overlapped in their (Fox and Crestview) respective histories which suggest that the two might be one. Also, based on the town’s size, I don’t think it would have been profitable to have both theatres in operation at once. But I could be wrong…
The theatre is now the “More than Conquerors Church”.
The Princess was at one time a hard-top theatre which opened in 1926 with a seating capacity of 200. It was later expanded to accommodate 330 in 1934. The theater was destroyed by fire on April 13, 1965. The Princess Drive-In came into being at a later date.
By chance was this ever named the Orpheum?
The Allen Theatre building still exist but the interior has been gutted and repurposed for retail.