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oldwilliampenn commented about Cinema 22 on Jun 7, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Cinema 22 was located midpoint of the Monroeville Plaza generally where Papermart is now located.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Showcase Cinemas East on Jun 7, 2008 at 7:58 am

Hopefully with a returning economy the Showcase Cinemas East site is scheduled to be refurbished for retail use with a mid-price extended-stay hotel in the rear of the parking lot.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Cinema 22 on Jun 7, 2008 at 7:55 am

It was the Monroeville Theatre at 3813 William Penn Highway – it was part of the Zayre Shopping Center. The spiral staircase was still used when it converted to the first Pittsburgh location of Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Showcase Cinemas East on Oct 20, 2007 at 2:02 pm

Two recent articles that talk about the purchase of the Showcase Cinemas East site:

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It appears that the theatre itself will be renovated for retail use with a hotel in the rear parking area.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Monroe Theatre on Jun 19, 2007 at 2:32 pm

This theatre just reopened as Monster Mini-Golf.
[url=http://www.monsterminigolf.com/Monroeville.htm]

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oldwilliampenn commented about Showcase Cinemas East on Sep 12, 2006 at 1:46 pm

Sorry – I probably wrote the email too late last night. The articles I read were saying that the Wicke’s site may be razed for a cluster of restaurants to go in its location.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Eastland Mall Theatre on Sep 11, 2006 at 7:50 pm

According to a web search, the entire complex is being shopped as a new office complex. You need to cut and paste this as one URL line to view:
http://www.benderson.com/html/portfolio/brochures
/Pennsylvania%20FLYERS/Eastland%20Centre%20PA_1.pdf

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oldwilliampenn commented about Showcase Cinemas East on Sep 11, 2006 at 7:36 pm

From all indications, the next use of that site has been mentioned as retail, although the total amount of space makes it somewhat unattractive for a “big box” retailer. If and when the Mon-Fayette extension ever comes to being, there is allegedly a ramp due to open down the road near Home Depot that could offer some opportunities for new development. Also, because it is adjacent to a neighborhood community, perhaps there are enough restrictions in place that makes it unattractive for a series of restaurants to share in the space. But more recent articles list that same concept being proposed for the site of the former’s Wicke’s Furniture in the Monroeville Mall area.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Cinema 22 on Sep 11, 2006 at 7:33 pm

I believe it is presently used by Papermart for their retail operations, but the space was much larger so some type of demolition must have occured, unless they use a lot of space somewhere in the back for merchandise storage.

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oldwilliampenn commented about Monroe Theatre on Sep 11, 2006 at 7:27 pm

This theatre was also used by McKnight Development Corporation for the first Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre when it opened in Pittsburgh in 1981.