I have wonderful memories of the Tower Theater…we lived just a few blocks away in the 50s and I remember the magical light blue neon tower in the night sky from our back yard. Later, I went to Saturday mantinees…two features, cartoon and serial for (I think) 15 cents. It was a special time in a special place. After the movies we would go to the nearby Royal Castle for hamburgers and birch beer….the hobby shop … the camera store and Green’s Drug Store. China City, Miami’s best Chinese restauarnt, was right there too. Across the street there was a gas station (PURE??) that had a monkey in a cage on the property …. Down the street was the Puritan Ice Cream Store with the best hot fudge sundaes (21 cents) that were ever created! Ah…the good ol' days.
I have wonderful memories of the Tower Theater…we lived just a few blocks away in the 50s and I remember the magical light blue neon tower in the night sky from our back yard. Later, I went to Saturday mantinees…two features, cartoon and serial for (I think) 15 cents. It was a special time in a special place. After the movies we would go to the nearby Royal Castle for hamburgers and birch beer….the hobby shop … the camera store and Green’s Drug Store. China City, Miami’s best Chinese restauarnt, was right there too. Across the street there was a gas station (PURE??) that had a monkey in a cage on the property …. Down the street was the Puritan Ice Cream Store with the best hot fudge sundaes (21 cents) that were ever created! Ah…the good ol' days.
ClaudiaO