Everything in the Town of Lake/Back of the Yards neighborhood was by and for the People. So, having a theatre named Peoples seems appropriate. This neighborhood was the setting of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
During the 60’s saw many movies at the Peoples theatre, especially lots of B sci-fi movies, like the Giant Gila Monster. If you were in the summer park program at Davis Square Park, it seemed like we were at the movies weekly. As a kid, the ceiling looked like a huge pancake! And when rock groups were making movies in the 60’s they made appearances at the theatres – saw Sonny & Cher and the Dave Clark Five.
Everything in the Town of Lake/Back of the Yards neighborhood was by and for the People. So, having a theatre named Peoples seems appropriate. This neighborhood was the setting of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.
During the 60’s saw many movies at the Peoples theatre, especially lots of B sci-fi movies, like the Giant Gila Monster. If you were in the summer park program at Davis Square Park, it seemed like we were at the movies weekly. As a kid, the ceiling looked like a huge pancake! And when rock groups were making movies in the 60’s they made appearances at the theatres – saw Sonny & Cher and the Dave Clark Five.