An article in the 2/3/1980 edition of the Examiner reported that the main floor of the theatre had already been given over for use as a nursery/day care but “the balcony is reserved for film lovers in the evenings and on the weekends.”
Further searches of the Examiner show that the theatre was still in operation in 1990, operated by Frank Lee, now of Lee Neighborhood Theatres. The last listing I can find in the paper was SUN 10/14/1990.
Understanding that this is not the same theatre, does anybody know anything about the original Brick Plaza Cinema? Opened as a single in 1964… just curious if anybody knows where in the center this theatre was.
The address maps properly in Reedley, CA. The company I worked for in 1994 (Silver Screen Amusements) operated the Drive-In at the time and they used Reedley as their address.
The grand opening ad for Cinema City says that it was built on the site of the old York Drive-In which suggests to me that the drive-in was already in existence when Cinema City opened, but it just was not operating for the season.
The Century Plaza and Burlington Plaza cinemas are two entirely separate businesses. In 1983 the Burlington Free Press shows both cinemas operating at the same time with ads placed right next to each other showing entirely different films.
This was never operated by United Artists. Syufy/Century the entire time. Also — can we do something about the Century Circuit categorization? That was a different company altogether than Century Theatres.
An article in the 8/17/1975 edition of the Dayton Daily News puts the address as 6151 Far Hills Ave which would make the theatre map on the other side of the street.
An article in the 1/30/1986 edition of the Manhattan Mercury stated the Westloop Twin would close after business that night. It was part of an agreement with the landlord of the newer Westloop 6 in the same shopping center. These were two separate theatres.
There are still six screens, Halloween is showing on two of them.
An article in the 2/3/1980 edition of the Examiner reported that the main floor of the theatre had already been given over for use as a nursery/day care but “the balcony is reserved for film lovers in the evenings and on the weekends.”
Further searches of the Examiner show that the theatre was still in operation in 1990, operated by Frank Lee, now of Lee Neighborhood Theatres. The last listing I can find in the paper was SUN 10/14/1990.
Also — was it really demolished? I don’t see any major changes to the shopping center when reviewing Historic Aerials.
An article in the 11/12/1977 edition of the Madisonville Messenger says that the drive-in closed on 10/16/1977 after showing “It’s Alive”.
This opened as the Martin Twin on 11/21/1974 and closed on 5/20/2007.
Aerial views from Google show what could be the original snack bar structure at the center of the property. So not entirely demolished?
Understanding that this is not the same theatre, does anybody know anything about the original Brick Plaza Cinema? Opened as a single in 1964… just curious if anybody knows where in the center this theatre was.
The last day of business appears to have been 12/7/1995.
An article in the 8/15/1999 edition of the Asheville Citizen-Times says that the theatre closed with nary a whimper on 8/5/1999.
This is not the portion of the center with the theatre.
The address maps properly in Reedley, CA. The company I worked for in 1994 (Silver Screen Amusements) operated the Drive-In at the time and they used Reedley as their address.
The Charles stopped appearing in the Montgomery Advertiser after 3/21/1974.
Hoyts appeared to have operated this for a time in the 90s.
Reviewing the Jackson Clarion-Ledger the last mention I can find for this theatre was as a UA, last appearing on 6/24/1993.
Theater opened as the North 4, later changing to the Newmarket Mall 4.
The grand opening ad for Cinema City says that it was built on the site of the old York Drive-In which suggests to me that the drive-in was already in existence when Cinema City opened, but it just was not operating for the season.
This bodes well for the longevity of this location.
Yes. The southern screen had suffered damage from a storm. Since it faced the screen that was used only for the flea market, it was torn down.
Oh that sideways N would drive me nuts.
The Century Plaza and Burlington Plaza cinemas are two entirely separate businesses. In 1983 the Burlington Free Press shows both cinemas operating at the same time with ads placed right next to each other showing entirely different films.
This was never operated by United Artists. Syufy/Century the entire time. Also — can we do something about the Century Circuit categorization? That was a different company altogether than Century Theatres.
4 years too late — but my guess is that the mall operated it on their own.
An article in the 8/17/1975 edition of the Dayton Daily News puts the address as 6151 Far Hills Ave which would make the theatre map on the other side of the street.
I’m usually in favor of AMC streamlining a theatre’s look… but wow. That’s a giant red stamp of BLAH.
An article in the 1/30/1986 edition of the Manhattan Mercury stated the Westloop Twin would close after business that night. It was part of an agreement with the landlord of the newer Westloop 6 in the same shopping center. These were two separate theatres.