Loew's West
19801 Center Ridge Road,
Rocky River,
OH
44116
19801 Center Ridge Road,
Rocky River,
OH
44116
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Loews, Loew's Inc.
Architects: Adelbert Kleine, Sidney Schenker
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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Loew’s Inc. opened this 1,200-seat theatre, in the Rockport Plaza shopping center, on July 19, 1966 with James Coburn in “What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?”. The theatre was twinned on May 23, 1973, and was closed by Loews on September 8, 1991 with Barbara Hershey in “Defenseless” & Mickey Rourke in “Harley Davidson”.
A Family Toy Warehouse store occupied the theatre space afterward, but became vacant around 2000, after Family Toy Warehouse went out of business.
It was demolished in late-2008.
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Toby Radloff
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Recent comments (view all 6 comments)
Both Loew’s East and Loew’s West are mentioned in the company’s
1966 annual report.
The report also has a photo of the mayor of Rocky River cutting a tape at the opening ceremony for this theatre.
The building that was once Loew’s West has recently been demolished, along with the southern leg of the L-shaped Rockport Plaza. The vacant Target store remains (why?) as does the eastern side of the original plaza. There is no sign indicating any future redevelopment.
Nice 1984 photo, the neon LOEWS sign looked like the ones on the Loews Melrose in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nice 1984 picture Chuck 1231,Wish there were more stories on the theatre.
The Loews’s West opened its doors by Loew’s Inc. on July 19, 1966 with James Coburn in “What Did You Do In The War Daddy?”. The theater also opened on the same day the Loew’s East in Richmond Heights opened its doors with the same movie. The Loew’s West was twinned on May 23, 1973.
Both Loew’s Inc. and Loews operated the theater throughout its history until Loews closed their Loews West on September 8, 1991 with “Defenseless” in Screen 1 and “Harley Davidson” in Screen 2.