I do remember The Town. The photo shown above is indeed one of where the therater had it’s incarnation as a neighborhood movie house. We ALL went ther on Saturday afternoons, to watch their double features. The lady, who’s husband owner the place had a very bushy mustache, that she kept neatly trimmed. Her husband wouyld often stop the show, to stalk down the asiles in a rant, effort to get us kids to keep quiet.
Speaking of WestSide neighborhood theaters. I have been searching, without much success, for photos of an old theater that was closed prior to 1952. It was called The State Theater, and it was located on the NorthWest corner of Stocking and Second Street, in Grand Rapids MI.
I used to live on Stocking, and remember looking throught the sctatches on the black paint that they used to block out the door-windows, to see inside of of the closed building.
It may be possible that it was never used for movies, before it was closed. Perhaps it was strictly Vaudeville, or Theatre. Also, there is one errant photo of The Clique Bowling Lanes building, with someone saying that tTHAT building was the old State. That statement is not true. I for remember the buildings and store-fronts that occupied the space that was demoloished to build the Clique. The State was indeed a building on the corner of Second and Stocking. Does ANYONE have any photos of this long forgotten venue?
I do remember The Town. The photo shown above is indeed one of where the therater had it’s incarnation as a neighborhood movie house. We ALL went ther on Saturday afternoons, to watch their double features. The lady, who’s husband owner the place had a very bushy mustache, that she kept neatly trimmed. Her husband wouyld often stop the show, to stalk down the asiles in a rant, effort to get us kids to keep quiet. Speaking of WestSide neighborhood theaters. I have been searching, without much success, for photos of an old theater that was closed prior to 1952. It was called The State Theater, and it was located on the NorthWest corner of Stocking and Second Street, in Grand Rapids MI. I used to live on Stocking, and remember looking throught the sctatches on the black paint that they used to block out the door-windows, to see inside of of the closed building. It may be possible that it was never used for movies, before it was closed. Perhaps it was strictly Vaudeville, or Theatre. Also, there is one errant photo of The Clique Bowling Lanes building, with someone saying that tTHAT building was the old State. That statement is not true. I for remember the buildings and store-fronts that occupied the space that was demoloished to build the Clique. The State was indeed a building on the corner of Second and Stocking. Does ANYONE have any photos of this long forgotten venue?