I worked at the Ramona in 1975 while it was on its way out. It was still owned by Plitt Theatres for the first couple of months and then was sold to private individuals. It changed hands twice in the year I was there. I was still there when it ceased to operate as a theatre. A very sad day for me as I had a lot of memories there including receiving my first kiss in the old balcony and the fact that it was my first job. Marie was gone when I got there, but I remember her from the matinees when I was kid. We would go to the show and then cross the street for burgers at Fred’s. I drive past there everyday on my way to work, and find myself humming, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
I worked at the Ramona in 1975 while it was on its way out. It was still owned by Plitt Theatres for the first couple of months and then was sold to private individuals. It changed hands twice in the year I was there. I was still there when it ceased to operate as a theatre. A very sad day for me as I had a lot of memories there including receiving my first kiss in the old balcony and the fact that it was my first job. Marie was gone when I got there, but I remember her from the matinees when I was kid. We would go to the show and then cross the street for burgers at Fred’s. I drive past there everyday on my way to work, and find myself humming, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”