170th Street Cinema
17050 Collins Avenue,
Sunny Isles Beach,
FL
33160
17050 Collins Avenue,
Sunny Isles Beach,
FL
33160
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This rather simple Loew’s house opened August 6, 1958 with Brigitte Bardot in “La Parisienne”. Its single screen had 1,107-seats. It survived a criminal GCC twinning in the 1970’s by stumbling onto bookings of “Jaws” and “Star Wars” in a very competitive zone. It later became a four screen theatre and finally had six screens.
Minutes away fom Rascal House and the Wreck Room of the Castaways Hotel, this theatre was located on a strip mall in the heart of one of Miami Beach’s gloriously tacky stretches.
It was closed in December 1994, due to a fire.
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Al Alvarez
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Thanks again, Mike. Between the 170th’s opening attraction and what was playing at the Mayfair and Sunset, looked like a great weekend for Brigitte Bardot fans.
In the end, the (very short lived) Sunny Isles Beach Cinema incarnation had SIX screens. Glad I didn’t see the results.
O.K.
great pictures.love the road marquee.
Road marquee circa late 1974/early 1975 (click image for larger version)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23949765@N04/6511037579
A shot of the 170th Road Marquee circa March 1989. This was a year or so before GCC exited. I recall it was quaded sometime in the 90s and for a very brief period it was a six-plex.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/170th-street-cinema-miami-beach-florida-news-photo/527488050
Added an aerial shot of the 170th. IIRC, GCC’s tenure was from 1972 to 1990.
A small blurb from the Sentinel about Sun Vista’s holdings in the Florida market. It seems they took ownership in 1993. I can’t recall who took it over post GCC.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1994-08-26/news/9408250299_1_theater-sun-vista-cinemas-movies
2010 links are now dead:
August 6th ads at
Found on Newspapers.com
Found on Newspapers.com
Found on Newspapers.com
Found on Newspapers.com
Architect Melvin Grossman
1,107 seats at launch