Hello again Gene ‘64. You have me wonderiing about my memories of the Town and Country shopping center. I recall it having been located at 4th & University. I also remember the Backstage theater which was near this shopping center, but the only miniature golf course I recall was the Twin Lakes which was at that time in far west Lubbock.
Could the Backstage and the Chapparal have ever been one and the same?
Hello Jeff. As you may hay noticed the question has come up about the possiblilty of the Palace having had its name changed to the State(my posting) at some point in time. I don’t think this is the case but have just read your posting for the first time and you mention “sharp 1936 exterior and interior photographs of the Palace.”
I do not see any evidence to dispute or confirm that this Palace was in Lubbock as per the Star Archives website. I hope someone can confirm that it was the Lubbock Palace as it would be the first photo I have ever seen of it.
I can confirm this was not the STATE, because it was not located on a corner lot.
Great photo on the link posted by Mark. I especially like the hardware store to the left of the RIG that advertises hardware, furniture and “explosives”.
Two of my images of the ARLINGTON THEATER taken 9/30/07.
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Hello GrindHouse. Since you enjoyed the RIG photo so much you would really be in for a treat to visit Mark’s website.
www.markcotton.com
Don……
I suppose becoming a Pottery Barn is better that being demolished. Two August 2007 images of the COLONY.
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Two images of the HELEN STAIRS THEATER taken August 2007.
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B&W photo of the MIDWAY courtesy of the Texas Tech Library.
Probably taken around 1940.
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Hello again Gene ‘64. You have me wonderiing about my memories of the Town and Country shopping center. I recall it having been located at 4th & University. I also remember the Backstage theater which was near this shopping center, but the only miniature golf course I recall was the Twin Lakes which was at that time in far west Lubbock.
Could the Backstage and the Chapparal have ever been one and the same?
My photo of the LINDSEY here.
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Hello Gene'64. I am finding you comments on Lubbock’s theaters some of the most interesting and in depth I have read.
Do you have photos of any of the theaters?
Thanks!!
Don… (Lubbock is home but my wife and I live in Grapevine)
Hello cosmic. I have no doubt about there having been a Palace in Lubbock.
Please see Robert Pratt’s comments on my posting of the STATE in Lubbock.
Don……..
Hello Jeff. As you may hay noticed the question has come up about the possiblilty of the Palace having had its name changed to the State(my posting) at some point in time. I don’t think this is the case but have just read your posting for the first time and you mention “sharp 1936 exterior and interior photographs of the Palace.”
Are these available somewhere online to view?
Thanks……..
Don
I do not see any evidence to dispute or confirm that this Palace was in Lubbock as per the Star Archives website. I hope someone can confirm that it was the Lubbock Palace as it would be the first photo I have ever seen of it.
I can confirm this was not the STATE, because it was not located on a corner lot.
Yes Anthony thanks for the link which does work.
But what is going on with the TEXAS at the present. Did the buyer back out?
The MAJESTIC revisited 8/2007.
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We will be waiting!!
Great photo on the link posted by Mark. I especially like the hardware store to the left of the RIG that advertises hardware, furniture and “explosives”.
Hello. Did you happen to bookmark the spot where you found the IRIS photograph in the Center for American History?
Thanks……….
Don
Actually Livingston is kind of a neat little town.
Don………….
Hi Chelsea. You certainly have an ambitious vision, however you need about a $1,000,000 extra to start with.
Good Luck!!
Don………..
Another view of the top of the CIRCLE THEATER tower.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/677510338
Have you tried clicking on the Arcadia Theater website listed above?
My image of the SOONER taken 6/9/07.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/543451247
The ROYAL has vanished….hope someone saved the sign……see my photo here.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/504592897
Old B&W newsprint photo of the RITZ.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/494405860
The pictures in question about the Varsity being torn down appear to have been taken at the Snider Plaza shopping center in Dallas.
Two images I shot of the MAIN March 2007.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/458969116
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