Northwood Cinemas
746 Main Street,
Lewiston,
ME
04240
746 Main Street,
Lewiston,
ME
04240
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Cinema Centers Corp., General Cinema Corp., Hoyts Cinemas
Architects: William C. Riseman
Functions: Gymnasium
Previous Names: Northwood Cinema, Northwood Plaza I & II, Northwood Twin Cinema
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A conversion of the Holiday Lanes bowling alley by architect William A. Riseman. The Northwood Cinema was opened February 17, 1967 with Rock Hudson in “Tobruk”. It was operated by General Cinemas. In 1972 it was twinned and became the Northwood Plaza I & II. On July 19, 1978 it was taken over by Cinema Center Corporation of Boston, MA and was renamed Northwood Twin Cinema. Hoyts Cinemas took over and it was renamed Northwood Cinemas. It was closed on December 13, 1990 with Clint Eastwood in “The Rookie” & Walt Disney’s animation “The Rescuers Down Under”.
In 1991 it was converted into a Fitness Connection Gym.
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DENNIS MAHANEY
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I opened this theater, it was a HOLIDAY LANE, and was converted into a very nice single theater with a stadium auditorium, the bowling alley was a single level so went down about twenty feet for a pitch,I was there at opening for month or so to retrain the bowling manager for theaters think his name was JOE BAHARA this is my photo
General Cinema opened its GCC Northwood Park Cinema with “Tobruk” on February 17, 1967. GCC architect William Riseman had the task of taking the existing Holiday Lanes bowling alley and converting it to a General Cinema location (information above is incorrect). Like many GCC theatres, it had an art gallery area for local artists. February 17, 1967. Five years later, the venue was twinned becoming the GCC Northwood Plaza I & II.
Cinema Centers Corporation of Boston took over the venue on July 19, 1978 altering its name to the Northwood Twin Cinema. Under Hoyts Cinema Circuit’s watch, the theatres were known as Northwood Cinemas. Hoyts bought out the 111-screen Cinema Centers Corp. in 1986. Hoyts operated the Northwood Cinemas until December 13, 1990 closing with “The Rookie” and “The Rescuers Down Under.” They opened the Auburn Cinemas the next day closing the Northwood, the Promenade Mall in Lewistown and the Auburn Mall theatres. After closing, the venue was converted once again - this time to the Fitness Connection Gym in 1991.
Grand opening ad:
General Cinema Northwood Park Shopping Center 17 Feb 1967, Fri Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine) Newspapers.com
opened as Holiday Lanes on August 31st, 1961.
Holiday Lanes opening 31 Aug 1961, Thu Sun-Journal (Lewiston, Maine) Newspapers.com
It’s at 746 Main Street and is still a gym.
And by the looks of Google, it looks to still be standing and not demolished, even if it’s been turned into a gym.