Comments about Suburban Plaza Theatre in Decatur, GA

50sSNIPES on November 28, 2023 at 3:02 pm

Closed on August 31, 1984 with Disney’s “The Jungle Book” at Screen 1 and “Footloose” at Screen 2.

rivest266 on April 12, 2018 at 3:46 pm

Closed in 1984.

rivest266 on April 8, 2018 at 2:22 pm

Two screens on November 8th, 1974. Great little ad below.

Suburban Plaza twin opening · Fri, Nov 1, 1974 – 65 · The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) · Newspapers.com

rivest266 on April 6, 2018 at 7:02 pm

The Eastgate and the Westgate Twin both opened on January 28th, 1965. Grand opening ad in photo section and below.

Martin’s Eastgate theatre opening · Thu, Jan 28, 1965 – 36 · The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) · Newspapers.com

WHITEFIELD on July 22, 2015 at 12:22 pm

Stan: Check out this link. http://next-stop-decatur-ga.blogspot.com/2015/07/remembering-martins-eastgate-suburban.html

WHITEFIELD on July 22, 2015 at 11:29 am

Stan: The people standing in front of the theatre were Atlanta Times (newpaper) carriers and their district managers. It was one of the fringe benefits for those kids to see current films.

StanMalone on July 21, 2015 at 2:08 pm

Dennis: Thank you for posting that picture. I have never seen a view of the theater from the Martin days. That group standing in front is too large to be the theater staff I would think. Do you know who it is?

DaveNewton on December 9, 2009 at 1:50 pm

I live close to Suburban Plaza and shop there quite a bit. I had no idea there used to be a theater there (I grew up on the other side of town). That explains the HUGE parking lot, and the mostly-vacant extra buildings there.

WHITEFIELD on June 27, 2007 at 7:54 pm

SUBURBAN PLAZA THEATRE TICKET STUBS.
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JackCoursey on July 15, 2005 at 6:41 pm

The Suburban Plaza opened as a Martin theatre in the early 1960s and was initially called the Eastgate.

Suburban Plaza Theatre

1512 Church Street, Decatur, GA 30030

1512 Church Street,
Decatur, GA 30030