Park Theatre
1377 Ottawa Street,
Windsor,
ON
N8X 2E9
1377 Ottawa Street,
Windsor,
ON
N8X 2E9
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Previously operated by: Famous Players
Architects: Jay I. English
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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- Mar 2, 2010 — Happy 45th, "The Sound Of Music"
The Park Theatre opened on May 17, 1940 with Alice Faye in “Little Old New York” and Jimmy Lydon in “Two Thoroughbreds”. It was operated by Famous Players and was sold to Michael Parconte in 1968. The 820 seat theatre closed in July 1970. It has since been demolished and the site is used as a bank parking lot.
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This opened on May 17th, 1940.
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Closed July 2nd, 1970
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The manager was transferred to the Devonshire Cinemas
There is a new retail building on the site – this is demolished.
The Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada lists the Park Theatre in Windsor as a 1939 design by architect Jay English.
May 17th, 1940 grand opening ad in photo section.
Grand opening:
Park Theatre opening Fri, May 17, 1940 – 24 · The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com
As noted above by Spectrum (and confirmed by the Google Maps street view), this theatre should be set to Demolished. The former theatre site is now a parking lot for the nearby CIBC bank.