I had lunch today at a restaurant directly behind this theater. Out of pure kindness, I will not reveal the name of this dubious establishment, the food of which leaves much to be desired. restaurant. The theater is still standing, but has not been converted into a Walgreens, Blockbuster, Starbucks or Photomat. The front entrance is covered with graffiti. It doesn’t look like anyone plans to use this building in the near or distant future.
The last surviving, operating theater of the Northern Virginia Neighborhood Theaters. Now a Pub and Cinema. This was the theater in which I learned to operate 35mm projectors. Simplex E-7’s with Magnarc Carbon Arc lamphouses, which most of their theaters used. It didn’t seem like such a big theater when I worked there, but theaters seem lots smaller now. There is also plenty of office space attached to this building. The American Nazi Party headquarters was once in one of the connecting shops.
December ‘99 update: Saw a movie at the Arlington. Can’t say I like the Cinema Cafe concept as a viewing experience, but it looked alive and healthy. Focus could use some work.
MPEWDC: Originally opened as the Arlington Recreation Center and had 24 lanes of bowling on the second and third floors.
Another source has this drive-in located in Sappington, which is zip code 63126. As that source also mentions a 1948 opening, my hunch is that this drive-in was on some land contiguous with the two cities.
It looks like the remodel was done in the late 1980s:
GALESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Galesville, Wisconsin A phased adaptive reuse of a former movie theater was completed in the Spring of 1988. Remodeling of 4,600 SF at a cost of $172,000
I had a girlfriend in the early 1980s who lived on Benner Street. I don’t remember the Benner Theater, though. Perhaps it was gone by then? We usually went to the Orleans 8 and the GCC Northeast.
There was a discussion further up the page about the theaters in downtown Denver. The Denver theater has not yet been listed in CT, and someone had a question about it.
I can’t tell if this is the Wintergarden – the adjoining building appears different than the one on the webpage:
http://tinyurl.com/ph7kj
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/m7nu6
Here is a recent photo:
http://tinyurl.com/py67h
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/kj4yc
Here is another pre-restoration photo:
http://tinyurl.com/zef27
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/zbnqa
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/jf6d3
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/f9pof
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/f7yfz
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/zhuad
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/eo2tj
I had lunch today at a restaurant directly behind this theater. Out of pure kindness, I will not reveal the name of this dubious establishment, the food of which leaves much to be desired. restaurant. The theater is still standing, but has not been converted into a Walgreens, Blockbuster, Starbucks or Photomat. The front entrance is covered with graffiti. It doesn’t look like anyone plans to use this building in the near or distant future.
Here is an article concerning the restoration efforts in 2002:
http://tinyurl.com/lrz2k
That makes my eyes hurt.
Let’s try that again:
http://tinyurl.com/g2ulj
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/g6jxf
Here is a photo:
http://tinyurl.com/hu3jj
This is towards the end:
http://tinyurl.com/j9xhb
Here is a recent photo:
http://tinyurl.com/k8cnp
Here is a photo of the marquee:
http://tinyurl.com/hx36u
Thanks to lostmemory for the link – there are 94,000 theater photos on this site. Good for browsing.
From Martin McCaffery’s website:
ARLINGTON:
The last surviving, operating theater of the Northern Virginia Neighborhood Theaters. Now a Pub and Cinema. This was the theater in which I learned to operate 35mm projectors. Simplex E-7’s with Magnarc Carbon Arc lamphouses, which most of their theaters used. It didn’t seem like such a big theater when I worked there, but theaters seem lots smaller now. There is also plenty of office space attached to this building. The American Nazi Party headquarters was once in one of the connecting shops.
December ‘99 update: Saw a movie at the Arlington. Can’t say I like the Cinema Cafe concept as a viewing experience, but it looked alive and healthy. Focus could use some work.
MPEWDC: Originally opened as the Arlington Recreation Center and had 24 lanes of bowling on the second and third floors.
Another source has this drive-in located in Sappington, which is zip code 63126. As that source also mentions a 1948 opening, my hunch is that this drive-in was on some land contiguous with the two cities.
The address is 16787 Main Street.
It looks like the remodel was done in the late 1980s:
GALESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Galesville, Wisconsin A phased adaptive reuse of a former movie theater was completed in the Spring of 1988. Remodeling of 4,600 SF at a cost of $172,000
I had a girlfriend in the early 1980s who lived on Benner Street. I don’t remember the Benner Theater, though. Perhaps it was gone by then? We usually went to the Orleans 8 and the GCC Northeast.
There was a discussion further up the page about the theaters in downtown Denver. The Denver theater has not yet been listed in CT, and someone had a question about it.