All: I left Cleveland in 1979 for a job in Boston. I had finished my BA at CSU and my MBA at CWRU. My mom still lives in Parma and my wife’s mom lives in Euclid.
Boston has some great living theatres. I go on a regular basis to the Orpheum Theatre, downtown. Been operating since 1885, without renovation. Booker T. Washington ( without the MG’s) used to lecture there. In the lobby walls you can still see where the gas used to flow to the gas lanterns for lighting. I saw Van Morrison at the Orpheum in April. Oh, what a ceiling. Seats less then 2,000 with two balconies (sp ?) Everything is close, close, close to the stage.
The Wang Center ( old theatre/bad name -remember Wang computers ? )
Knocks out 3,500. Good place but not the Orpheum.
My main point is that in Boston, like Cleveland there appears to be some problem getting detailed info on theatres.
I’ll bet Gordon Cobbledick never had this problem ( if you know who this was then you are a true Clevelander )
Roger Stewart; I do have photos of the Shaw-Haden, The Doan, The Avalon and the Regent. Some show “Bank Nite” amounts on the marquee. The Avalon advertises a type of Bingo. The photos of the Grand and the Doan show the marquees with “Dish Nite” on them. Also have the Union, Mayfield, and Lakeshore.
I got a new scanner yesterday. Give me a couple of days and I’ll find a way to package all these photos.
Back in 1978 I wrote an article which got published in the PD Sunday Magazine on the “Neighborhood Theatres” of Cleveland. I was just a kid then but always had a love for theatres. In doing the research I was able to secure a large number of photos of Cleveland area neighborhood theatres, like the Jewel, Uptown, Stork, Mt Pleasant, La Salle, Garfield, Shaker, Grand, Olympia and many others. I got lucky and made contact with a fellow who owned the Garfield Theatre. He had a ton of pictures of local theatres which he gave to me. All pictures are from the outside, showing the structure and usually the marquee. When the PD published the article they included a great photo of the old Colonial Theatre in 1932 ( from their files ). From the outside this looks like a great theatre. I would bet that the PD has a massive archive of theatre photos.
All of my photos are of small neighborhood theatres, and nothing on the grand old ladies from downtown. If anyone is interested I can scan my photo collection and post it somewhere ( I’ll have to ask one of my sons how to do this ). However, I am very interested in seeing photos of the inside of the Hipp, State or Ohio PRE- RECONSTRUCTION, or in the case of the Hipp de-construction. I would also like to see any interior photos of the Roxy. I was just old enough to see an actual burlesque show there in the late 1960’s – ok I was 15 – but tall enough to get in.
All: I left Cleveland in 1979 for a job in Boston. I had finished my BA at CSU and my MBA at CWRU. My mom still lives in Parma and my wife’s mom lives in Euclid.
Boston has some great living theatres. I go on a regular basis to the Orpheum Theatre, downtown. Been operating since 1885, without renovation. Booker T. Washington ( without the MG’s) used to lecture there. In the lobby walls you can still see where the gas used to flow to the gas lanterns for lighting. I saw Van Morrison at the Orpheum in April. Oh, what a ceiling. Seats less then 2,000 with two balconies (sp ?) Everything is close, close, close to the stage.
The Wang Center ( old theatre/bad name -remember Wang computers ? )
Knocks out 3,500. Good place but not the Orpheum.
My main point is that in Boston, like Cleveland there appears to be some problem getting detailed info on theatres.
I’ll bet Gordon Cobbledick never had this problem ( if you know who this was then you are a true Clevelander )
Roger Stewart; I do have photos of the Shaw-Haden, The Doan, The Avalon and the Regent. Some show “Bank Nite” amounts on the marquee. The Avalon advertises a type of Bingo. The photos of the Grand and the Doan show the marquees with “Dish Nite” on them. Also have the Union, Mayfield, and Lakeshore.
I got a new scanner yesterday. Give me a couple of days and I’ll find a way to package all these photos.
Back in 1978 I wrote an article which got published in the PD Sunday Magazine on the “Neighborhood Theatres” of Cleveland. I was just a kid then but always had a love for theatres. In doing the research I was able to secure a large number of photos of Cleveland area neighborhood theatres, like the Jewel, Uptown, Stork, Mt Pleasant, La Salle, Garfield, Shaker, Grand, Olympia and many others. I got lucky and made contact with a fellow who owned the Garfield Theatre. He had a ton of pictures of local theatres which he gave to me. All pictures are from the outside, showing the structure and usually the marquee. When the PD published the article they included a great photo of the old Colonial Theatre in 1932 ( from their files ). From the outside this looks like a great theatre. I would bet that the PD has a massive archive of theatre photos.
All of my photos are of small neighborhood theatres, and nothing on the grand old ladies from downtown. If anyone is interested I can scan my photo collection and post it somewhere ( I’ll have to ask one of my sons how to do this ). However, I am very interested in seeing photos of the inside of the Hipp, State or Ohio PRE- RECONSTRUCTION, or in the case of the Hipp de-construction. I would also like to see any interior photos of the Roxy. I was just old enough to see an actual burlesque show there in the late 1960’s – ok I was 15 – but tall enough to get in.