Skywalk Cinemas
505 Race Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
505 Race Street,
Cincinnati,
OH
45202
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Previously operated by: Loews Cineplex
Firms: Gartner, Burdick, Bauer & Nilsen
Previous Names: Skywalk 2
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Opened on May 23, 1973, the Skywalk Cinemas were located on Race Street in the heart of downtown Cincinnati, a short walk from another beloved theatre, the Place Theatre (Real Movies Repertory Theatre). They were best known as the longtime home for weekend midnight screenings of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.
The theatre, along with all other buildings at this corner, were torn down for the Fountain Square West building project. A Lazarus department store building was built on the site. It too has since been demolished.
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“HOMEBODIES” was a movie,rated PG.looking at the ad in the CINY paper. I can’t remember it either.
I recall the film Homebodies and I saw it at this theater. You can get VHS copies of it on EBay. I remember it being a let down with the exception of the location shots of Cincinnati, particularly downtown and Eden Park.
The October 15, 1973, Boxoffice article about the Skywalk Cinemas, mentioned in an earlier comment, can now be seen online here. There was also a photo of the theater on the cover of that issue’s Modern Theatre section.
Designed by the Cincinnati architectural firm of Gartner, Burdick, Bauer & Nilsen, the Skywalk Cinemas 1 & 2 was originally operated by Mid-States Theatres. The article failed to report the seating capacity, or to give the opening date.
thanks John,so it was shot in Cincinnati,Must have been the only placed it opened.
The sneak preview mentioned was for the film The Abdication. Most likely that was their only pairing as Finch died two years later.
Correction: Skywalk Cinemas was on Race Street, not Vine Street.
I worked there as a projectionist right out of High School. The skywalk went through that block to Vine Street but Elder Beerman Department Store was on Vine, not this theater.
May 23rd, 1973 grand opening ad in photo section
Opened as a Roy S. White theater May 23, 1973 and closed as a Loew’s cinema on Jan. 6, 1991.
I remember “Homebodies”. The TV commercials played off the “filmed in Cincinnati” angle. One of my teachers saw “Homebodies” and said it was just her and her daughter in the theatre. I guess it wasn’t Star Wars :)
Lazarus is long gone now, too.