Joe, yes and no. Here’s how it works: the original theatre was called The Ritz and had 280 seats and was on the north side of Britton. After some time the owners wanted more seating capacity so they closed The Ritz and built a brand new theatre across the street on the south side and it had 586 seats and they kept the name The Ritz, this being the new Ritz with the original closed down. Then after some time the south side Ritz closed. Then someone bought BOTH theaters and reopened them at the same time: the north one they called Britton Theatre and the south one stayed The Ritz. The Britton theatre (the original Ritz) is now Evolution Tattoo. The Ritz on the south side (the new Ritz) is currently for sale.
I stopped by Evolution Tattoos at 923 W Britton and spoke with the owner and he confirmed that indeed that building he occupies used to be a movie theatre. So yeah, this entry definitely needs to be renamed The Ritz and there needs to be a new entry for Britton Theatre at 923 W Britton.
I uploaded a satellite photo of the street to this page’s photos. The pin drop in the photo is for the current Ritz theatre on the south side of Britton, 912 W Britton. Across the street is the north side of Britton, in the satellite photo counting from the top left, would the Britton theatre have been the second building from the left? This is currently the location of Evolution Tattoos (12/11/2014), 923 W Britton.
Joe, yes and no. Here’s how it works: the original theatre was called The Ritz and had 280 seats and was on the north side of Britton. After some time the owners wanted more seating capacity so they closed The Ritz and built a brand new theatre across the street on the south side and it had 586 seats and they kept the name The Ritz, this being the new Ritz with the original closed down. Then after some time the south side Ritz closed. Then someone bought BOTH theaters and reopened them at the same time: the north one they called Britton Theatre and the south one stayed The Ritz. The Britton theatre (the original Ritz) is now Evolution Tattoo. The Ritz on the south side (the new Ritz) is currently for sale.
I stopped by Evolution Tattoos at 923 W Britton and spoke with the owner and he confirmed that indeed that building he occupies used to be a movie theatre. So yeah, this entry definitely needs to be renamed The Ritz and there needs to be a new entry for Britton Theatre at 923 W Britton.
I uploaded a satellite photo of the street to this page’s photos. The pin drop in the photo is for the current Ritz theatre on the south side of Britton, 912 W Britton. Across the street is the north side of Britton, in the satellite photo counting from the top left, would the Britton theatre have been the second building from the left? This is currently the location of Evolution Tattoos (12/11/2014), 923 W Britton.