It sure does back up to the tracks – but the pictures you have seen might not be the Capital. In the 50’s there were two movie theaters side by side: facing them, the Gem was on the left of the Capitol. Both used to border an alley in back where the tracks ran behind a tall chain link fence. Willimantic was such a great place to be a kid until the mills started having union problems. When I was only 10 or 11 my mother would give me .45 on Saturday afternoon and my friend Pam and I would head for the Gem. (We weren’t allowed at the Capital: that’s where the ‘dirty movies’ were ;)
It sure does back up to the tracks – but the pictures you have seen might not be the Capital. In the 50’s there were two movie theaters side by side: facing them, the Gem was on the left of the Capitol. Both used to border an alley in back where the tracks ran behind a tall chain link fence. Willimantic was such a great place to be a kid until the mills started having union problems. When I was only 10 or 11 my mother would give me .45 on Saturday afternoon and my friend Pam and I would head for the Gem. (We weren’t allowed at the Capital: that’s where the ‘dirty movies’ were ;)