i am sure the civic theater is a wonderful venue. but, good grief, i remember loews as being a much bigger theater in the 1940s & 50s.of course, i was a young kid then so i’m sure that colored my perspective. it was in the middle of main street which was thriving. today, the neighborhood looks somewhat seedy. i realize that looks can be deceiving, and a lot of changes can transpire in a half century. and maybe downtown wasn’t quite as bustling as i remember it. but i think there was a very nice restaurant on the other side of main street, not too far from loews, called the garden grill. there was also a lovely restaurant not too far from the colonial theater, that
offered complimentary sweet rolls and parker rolls with lunch and dinner. i think it was called kazee’s (phonetic spelling)
i grew up in akron during the 40s and early 50s, before our family moved to n.j. the highland theater was where we went to the saturday matinees for kids…we were regulars at the downtown first run movies, strand, palace, colonial and loew’s, which was dotted with tiny stars in its high ceiling and which featured mgm films….the highlight of going to loew’s was the organist, wild oscar, who provided entertainment between movies…he would rise from the bowels of the theater on a lighted platform and speak into a microphone….a couple of second run theaters were also among my favorites…slightly seedy, but featuring lots of good double bills…the forum and the orpheum….great place to grow up.
i am sure the civic theater is a wonderful venue. but, good grief, i remember loews as being a much bigger theater in the 1940s & 50s.of course, i was a young kid then so i’m sure that colored my perspective. it was in the middle of main street which was thriving. today, the neighborhood looks somewhat seedy. i realize that looks can be deceiving, and a lot of changes can transpire in a half century. and maybe downtown wasn’t quite as bustling as i remember it. but i think there was a very nice restaurant on the other side of main street, not too far from loews, called the garden grill. there was also a lovely restaurant not too far from the colonial theater, that
offered complimentary sweet rolls and parker rolls with lunch and dinner. i think it was called kazee’s (phonetic spelling)
i grew up in akron during the 40s and early 50s, before our family moved to n.j. the highland theater was where we went to the saturday matinees for kids…we were regulars at the downtown first run movies, strand, palace, colonial and loew’s, which was dotted with tiny stars in its high ceiling and which featured mgm films….the highlight of going to loew’s was the organist, wild oscar, who provided entertainment between movies…he would rise from the bowels of the theater on a lighted platform and speak into a microphone….a couple of second run theaters were also among my favorites…slightly seedy, but featuring lots of good double bills…the forum and the orpheum….great place to grow up.