The last surviving, operating theater of the Northern Virginia Neighborhood Theaters. Now a Pub and Cinema. This was the theater in which I learned to operate 35mm projectors. Simplex E-7’s with Magnarc Carbon Arc lamphouses, which most of their theaters used. It didn’t seem like such a big theater when I worked there, but theaters seem lots smaller now. There is also plenty of office space attached to this building. The American Nazi Party headquarters was once in one of the connecting shops.
December ‘99 update: Saw a movie at the Arlington. Can’t say I like the Cinema Cafe concept as a viewing experience, but it looked alive and healthy. Focus could use some work.
MPEWDC: Originally opened as the Arlington Recreation Center and had 24 lanes of bowling on the second and third floors.
Another source has this drive-in located in Sappington, which is zip code 63126. As that source also mentions a 1948 opening, my hunch is that this drive-in was on some land contiguous with the two cities.
It looks like the remodel was done in the late 1980s:
GALESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Galesville, Wisconsin A phased adaptive reuse of a former movie theater was completed in the Spring of 1988. Remodeling of 4,600 SF at a cost of $172,000
I had a girlfriend in the early 1980s who lived on Benner Street. I don’t remember the Benner Theater, though. Perhaps it was gone by then? We usually went to the Orleans 8 and the GCC Northeast.
There was a discussion further up the page about the theaters in downtown Denver. The Denver theater has not yet been listed in CT, and someone had a question about it.
Let’s try that again:
http://tinyurl.com/g2ulj
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/g6jxf
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/hu3jj
This is towards the end:
http://tinyurl.com/j9xhb
Here is a recent photo:
http://tinyurl.com/k8cnp
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/hx36u
Thanks to lostmemory for the link – there are 94,000 theater photos on this site. Good for browsing.
From Martin McCaffery’s website:
ARLINGTON:
The last surviving, operating theater of the Northern Virginia Neighborhood Theaters. Now a Pub and Cinema. This was the theater in which I learned to operate 35mm projectors. Simplex E-7’s with Magnarc Carbon Arc lamphouses, which most of their theaters used. It didn’t seem like such a big theater when I worked there, but theaters seem lots smaller now. There is also plenty of office space attached to this building. The American Nazi Party headquarters was once in one of the connecting shops.
December ‘99 update: Saw a movie at the Arlington. Can’t say I like the Cinema Cafe concept as a viewing experience, but it looked alive and healthy. Focus could use some work.
MPEWDC: Originally opened as the Arlington Recreation Center and had 24 lanes of bowling on the second and third floors.
Another source has this drive-in located in Sappington, which is zip code 63126. As that source also mentions a 1948 opening, my hunch is that this drive-in was on some land contiguous with the two cities.
The address is 16787 Main Street.
It looks like the remodel was done in the late 1980s:
GALESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Galesville, Wisconsin A phased adaptive reuse of a former movie theater was completed in the Spring of 1988. Remodeling of 4,600 SF at a cost of $172,000
I had a girlfriend in the early 1980s who lived on Benner Street. I don’t remember the Benner Theater, though. Perhaps it was gone by then? We usually went to the Orleans 8 and the GCC Northeast.
There was a discussion further up the page about the theaters in downtown Denver. The Denver theater has not yet been listed in CT, and someone had a question about it.
That’s what I pointed out, as you can see.
Here is a photo of the Denver Theater:
http://tinyurl.com/jkprt
1930:
http://tinyurl.com/efghq
1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/ebs5u
It looks like my link directly above was alreadty added by lostmemory. Sorry for the duplication.
Here is an interesting article concerning the owner of the 99W, among other things:
http://tinyurl.com/lttn2
Here is an article from January 2000 regarding the purchase of the Minor and Arcata theaters:
http://tinyurl.com/m5q2h
Here is an article from January 2000 regarding the purchase of the Minor and Arcata theaters:
http://tinyurl.com/m5q2h
Here is another photo:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/6/senatethe.jpg
Here is a photo from summer 2005:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/6/strandthe2.jpg
Here is another photo. The church may have abandoned ship:
http://tinyurl.com/qgscm
Here is a color photo:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/6/adult.jpg
Here are some relatively contemporary photos:
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/6/detrth.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/6/detrth2.jpg
http://www.agilitynut.com/05/6/detrth3.jpg
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/gl98z
Here are some photos:
http://tinyurl.com/ozywt
http://tinyurl.com/gy797
http://tinyurl.com/lpswu
I love the potato. What a great idea!
http://tinyurl.com/hhmlr