I remember one thing that haunted me about this theatre just before it was torn down. While it was fenced to be demolished, I noticed that some artist had painted a mural on the brick side of the theatre. The painting depicted the illusion that there was a hole knocked through the surrounded brick (starting with bricks painted on real brick) and inside the hole you could see the charactors from The Wizard of Oz dancing down the yellow brick road. I think I heard later that this was the first movie ever screened at the Kachina. I thought it moving that the artist went to all this effort even though I think when it was made he knew the work would soon be demolished. I regret to this day that I did not photograph it. If anyone has any, please post.
I remember one thing that haunted me about this theatre just before it was torn down. While it was fenced to be demolished, I noticed that some artist had painted a mural on the brick side of the theatre. The painting depicted the illusion that there was a hole knocked through the surrounded brick (starting with bricks painted on real brick) and inside the hole you could see the charactors from The Wizard of Oz dancing down the yellow brick road. I think I heard later that this was the first movie ever screened at the Kachina. I thought it moving that the artist went to all this effort even though I think when it was made he knew the work would soon be demolished. I regret to this day that I did not photograph it. If anyone has any, please post.