The last film shown at the Strand was “Internal Affairs” in the autumn of 1990. The auditorium was torn down almost immediately for a new multi-level parking garage. The facade and lobby remained for a short while after. The (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin salvaged the marquee and carried it away on a huge flat-bed truck.
I saw “How The West Was Won” (1962) with my mother in the KB Baronet, my first movie theatre and matinee experience. I was 4 years old and very restless during the picture (Mom was far more interested in the all-star cast then I) and went to the vending machines a lot, if only to look. My impression was the seating area was very short and wide, and the screen very large in proportion to the room. I don’t remember a lobby, but that the daylight coming through the entrance doors partially lit the vending area in the back of the theatre. Years later my whole family saw “2001 A Space Odyssey” (1968) there. Somewhere I have some 35mm slides of the Baronet marquee (literally) just before it was demolished in 1977/78, which I will try and post here in the future.
The Garden Theatre is still open (it closes for the winter season) and happens to be for sale.
I think it may shut down in the winter off-season, but will inquire.
The last film shown at the Strand was “Internal Affairs” in the autumn of 1990. The auditorium was torn down almost immediately for a new multi-level parking garage. The facade and lobby remained for a short while after. The (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin salvaged the marquee and carried it away on a huge flat-bed truck.
I saw “How The West Was Won” (1962) with my mother in the KB Baronet, my first movie theatre and matinee experience. I was 4 years old and very restless during the picture (Mom was far more interested in the all-star cast then I) and went to the vending machines a lot, if only to look. My impression was the seating area was very short and wide, and the screen very large in proportion to the room. I don’t remember a lobby, but that the daylight coming through the entrance doors partially lit the vending area in the back of the theatre. Years later my whole family saw “2001 A Space Odyssey” (1968) there. Somewhere I have some 35mm slides of the Baronet marquee (literally) just before it was demolished in 1977/78, which I will try and post here in the future.