I’ve never seen panoramic shots of the auditorium in decent exposure. It is actually in much better shape than I had thought from all the dark exposures I have seen to date.
Wow. Those 1977 photos are something else. This theatre is much nicer than I figured it was. I guess it’s hard to tell when all you can see is half a dome painted black.
That’s pretty cool. I thought they would end up tearing it down, maybe saving the facade. It sounds like a sensible plan as well. The 400 has done well next to Loyola for years, even back before they renovated it.
Boy, that looks really ghetto. I suppose it might be one thing if the building was sitting derelict. I think the taxes on a vacant parcel are less than on a parcel and building. But they had someone who was willing to lease the theatre apparently. So there would have been money coming in. Maybe there was a magnificent condo deal in the works, which definitely would have fallen through in the bust.
If the world is a village, then China is the village idiot. Why don’t you take some of your theatre seats and put them to good use in the empty city of Ordos:
One or two of those builings would make a nice multiplex, don’t you think?
It’s easy to have 8% GDP growth when you build unneeded skyscrapers in Beijing, and unneeded steel mills in the suburbs. The problem with this is that the piper must eventually be paid. The Chinese people are prone to riots when things don’t go their way. So when the eventual correction comes I hope your factory isn’t burned down in the ensuing unrest.
The West has been giving way too much leeway to China for way too long. I’m waiting for the day when Western CEO’s finally figure out that they can’t drop a KFC into every dirt poor village and sell chicken to a billion people. When they do the ride will be over, becasue the comparative manufacturing cost advantages have already been shown to be dubious. If you want to argue with me on that point I’ll direct you to the guy I know whose company makes millions a year fixing shipping containers full of defective Chinese merchandise before it goes to market in the U.S.
I’m guessing this was in a bad location, or there was oversaturation in the neighborhood. It seems like that was usually the case with the houses that closed in the mid – late 50’s.
Oh boy. I really want to go see Avatar for free on the big screen.
That’s a dumb promotion.
I’ve never seen panoramic shots of the auditorium in decent exposure. It is actually in much better shape than I had thought from all the dark exposures I have seen to date.
Wow. Those 1977 photos are something else. This theatre is much nicer than I figured it was. I guess it’s hard to tell when all you can see is half a dome painted black.
Now apparently closed again:
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That’s pretty cool. I thought they would end up tearing it down, maybe saving the facade. It sounds like a sensible plan as well. The 400 has done well next to Loyola for years, even back before they renovated it.
Boy, that looks really ghetto. I suppose it might be one thing if the building was sitting derelict. I think the taxes on a vacant parcel are less than on a parcel and building. But they had someone who was willing to lease the theatre apparently. So there would have been money coming in. Maybe there was a magnificent condo deal in the works, which definitely would have fallen through in the bust.
My memory is that after the merger it was in the C-O listings for a while before going independant.
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Blaze of glory:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarchie/3553047396/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarchie/3553050290/
Here’s another great one from Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jarchie/3552996352/
Those signs were some sight when they maintained all the bulbs & neon.
Nice:
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Looks like they split the auditorium into two floors for two tenants, and included the lobby space in the lower one. Was that how it happened Brian?
Fort exterior, 1987:
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Inside the auditorum while it was under gang control:
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I wouldn’t worry. It sounds like a fuzzy-minded plan. This probably means it is going nowhere.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
If the world is a village, then China is the village idiot. Why don’t you take some of your theatre seats and put them to good use in the empty city of Ordos:
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One or two of those builings would make a nice multiplex, don’t you think?
It’s easy to have 8% GDP growth when you build unneeded skyscrapers in Beijing, and unneeded steel mills in the suburbs. The problem with this is that the piper must eventually be paid. The Chinese people are prone to riots when things don’t go their way. So when the eventual correction comes I hope your factory isn’t burned down in the ensuing unrest.
The West has been giving way too much leeway to China for way too long. I’m waiting for the day when Western CEO’s finally figure out that they can’t drop a KFC into every dirt poor village and sell chicken to a billion people. When they do the ride will be over, becasue the comparative manufacturing cost advantages have already been shown to be dubious. If you want to argue with me on that point I’ll direct you to the guy I know whose company makes millions a year fixing shipping containers full of defective Chinese merchandise before it goes to market in the U.S.
This blog:
http://chuckmancollectionvolume7blog.blogspot.com/
contains this epic photo of the State-Lake:
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It also has many other fantastic photos of cinema properties.
In response to Sepctrum, that is the way the Congress has always looked: very shallow balcony.
Looks somewhat similar to this:
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have they actually started doing any work on the Kings yet?
I’m guessing this was in a bad location, or there was oversaturation in the neighborhood. It seems like that was usually the case with the houses that closed in the mid – late 50’s.
Vintage photo:
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I suspect it looked much more elegant with proper paint application.
Porn on a giant drive-in screen? Nice.