I was trying to figure out when this theater was razed. It looks like the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose opened in 1987, so presumably the Fox Padre made it into the 80s. Any additional information would be appreciated.
The official website is asking for help to save the drive-in. That can’t be good news. There is a USA Today article on this site that talks about the expiration of the theater lease in 2008: http://tinyurl.com/5ayaqa
I have to go out there tomorrow, but since the theater is now a parking lot, no need for any photos. Too bad.
Here is the UCI site. Tacaruna is the shopping mall wherein the theater is located.
http://tinyurl.com/5jjz9r
Here is the UCI site for this theater:
http://tinyurl.com/57c2fo
This theater is closing or may already have closed, according to this blog from August 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/68uj5a
There are some vintage photos on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/6gxho2
A couple of other photos are here:
http://tinyurl.com/5l8okj
Here is the updated website:
http://tinyurl.com/6dvon5
Here is a September 2008 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/56b4of
I don’t denigrate the importance of silent movies. I just don’t like watching them.
I was trying to figure out when this theater was razed. It looks like the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose opened in 1987, so presumably the Fox Padre made it into the 80s. Any additional information would be appreciated.
The Budd has been replaced by a bank.
Here is a 1955 photo from the Minnesota Historical Society:
http://tinyurl.com/6g25o9
Here is a postcard, circa 1920s:
http://tinyurl.com/5mnhde
13 Jenkins Court has a variety of businesses, including this wings place and a restaurant called Benjamin’s.
http://tinyurl.com/5laoao
Here is a 1947 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5db3zc
This overview of Salem theaters mentions that the Hollywood was demolished as part of an urban renewal project.
http://tinyurl.com/6ahveg
The Fox was part of the Fox Mountain-Midwest Theater chain in the 1960s.
There is an interior photo here:
http://www.gstroop3131.com/muvithon
If you click on “download the large size”, you get a smaller picture.
Style would be early blah.
The Rev speaks:
http://tinyurl.com/5rfmj6
The official website is asking for help to save the drive-in. That can’t be good news. There is a USA Today article on this site that talks about the expiration of the theater lease in 2008:
http://tinyurl.com/5ayaqa
Here is a photo, circa 1960s:
http://tinyurl.com/6oo44x
It looks like the Waterloo was used for live theater during the Depression by the WPA:
http://tinyurl.com/6jmy4a
Here is a 2002 article. I don’t know that the new drive-in ever actually opened.
http://tinyurl.com/5smmpo