I just walked the lot and was amazed it hadn’t been developed. I’ve driven by on my bike many times, never knowing it was right there. I had been under the misapprehension it was along Hwy. 45 near the Starlite. Many great memories of this theater, it sends a chill just to stand there! Unless you look very hard, about the only thing visible is the main entry drive, 4 lanes wide, used to collect cars before the gate was open. You can still spot the pedestals for the ticket booths without much trouble. Walking through the overgrown fields, it’s not hard to sense the subtle up and downs of the mogul rows. The ground flattens half way back where projection/concessions were, and a few cement circles used to pad the falls of occassional clumsy youngsters falling off the merry-go-rounds (pre-PC playground hysteria) are still there in front of the screen.
In January, 2010 ground was broken to construct a big box store on these hallowed grounds. I would have liked to walked the old movie-moguls before the ground was leveled, but I showed up too late last week. The Starlite’s main lot will become the parking lot, as the new building is standing on the northwest corner of the property.
My greatest memory is seeing “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” summer of 1964 with my dad, sister and her girlfriend. I got the front seat of our white and red Dodge wagon, which I’ll never forget!
I just walked the lot and was amazed it hadn’t been developed. I’ve driven by on my bike many times, never knowing it was right there. I had been under the misapprehension it was along Hwy. 45 near the Starlite. Many great memories of this theater, it sends a chill just to stand there! Unless you look very hard, about the only thing visible is the main entry drive, 4 lanes wide, used to collect cars before the gate was open. You can still spot the pedestals for the ticket booths without much trouble. Walking through the overgrown fields, it’s not hard to sense the subtle up and downs of the mogul rows. The ground flattens half way back where projection/concessions were, and a few cement circles used to pad the falls of occassional clumsy youngsters falling off the merry-go-rounds (pre-PC playground hysteria) are still there in front of the screen.
In January, 2010 ground was broken to construct a big box store on these hallowed grounds. I would have liked to walked the old movie-moguls before the ground was leveled, but I showed up too late last week. The Starlite’s main lot will become the parking lot, as the new building is standing on the northwest corner of the property.
My greatest memory is seeing “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” summer of 1964 with my dad, sister and her girlfriend. I got the front seat of our white and red Dodge wagon, which I’ll never forget!