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Rstewart commented about Northside Twin Concession Stand (1982) on Dec 6, 2024 at 5:05 pm

Just saw your post. I don’t know about in FL but in the ATL area in the late 70s prices were candy .35 (Spree, etc), .65 (Milk Duds, Junior Mints boxes)and 1.00 (Big Hersheys, Mr. Goodbar), popcorn was .50(no butter in box) .65 and 1.00 (buttered and in a cup). Pickles were .25. Soda was .50, small, .65, large and 1.00, giant. EFC used no cash registers, only a cash drawer so the math was kept simple. Everything was tracked by counting cups, boxes and candy items. Cups had a tab to pull on the seam, if you had a star under it you got a free pass. That was to get folks to destroy their cup and keep managers from picking up and reusing cups(yes, it happened!).

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Rstewart commented about Gap Theatre on Nov 8, 2024 at 4:48 am

Saw lights on inside last night and stopped in. Met the couple opening it up, said they are aiming for before the holidays. Wished them luck and looking forward to seeing some retro shows.

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Rstewart commented about AMC Classic Allentown 16 on Apr 20, 2024 at 6:18 pm

Well, 25 year lease must be up. I don’t see anyone being interested in it going forward.

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Rstewart commented about Gap Theatre on Apr 20, 2024 at 6:11 pm

Marque recently has “Reopening Soon”. I was driving by a few weeks ago and saw some activity inside. Wish them luck!

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Rstewart commented about Village Plaza 5 on Oct 2, 2023 at 3:59 pm

In response to Stan’s post, ATS and the EFC City office had moved to 5891 New Peachtree Rd. by 1978. William Sheared was a good guy and in the summer of 1980 I purchased cleaning supplies from him/ATS for an apartment complex I was working at. My best story of him was a new manager changed out a lamp for a new one and somehow burned it up in less than 2 days. There was no extra on hand and he sent me with his keys to AST to get another while he figured out what the guy had done. He was absolutely furious about the lamp. He built a bunch of stuff for EFC since they were always looking for a way to save a buck.

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Rstewart commented about Lakewood Theatre on Apr 25, 2023 at 2:42 pm

I don’t recall anyone ever even giving this location a shot as an independent after Storey closed it. This has to be some kind of record for active years vs. continued idleness before demo.

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Rstewart commented about Old Arlington Theatre on Apr 10, 2023 at 5:19 pm

Looks like an Eastern Federal build in a way.

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Rstewart commented about Tara Theatre on Mar 9, 2023 at 9:17 am

That is wonderful news, I hope that they were able to secure a long term lease. Fitting that it is again linked to the Plaza again.

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Rstewart commented about AMC Classic Salem Valley 8 on Feb 14, 2023 at 5:14 pm

Original layout looks identical to the Kingston four in Knoxville.

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Rstewart commented about Tara Theatre on Nov 10, 2022 at 2:47 pm

A real shame and I am sad to hear this news even though I am nearly 20 years removed from Atlanta. I visited it in all of its configurations over the years and while it is no longer the showplace it was as a single, it was always a good place to see a show. I think we all have been expecting this for quite a number of years considering the economics of the business and the limitations of 4 screens in today’s business. While we’d all like to see a younger version of Lefont to come to the rescue, my guess is Halpern has a demo crew waiting to redevelop that corner at this very moment. I’d guess this is going to go a lot like the old Sears in Buckhead.

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Rstewart commented about Park Theatre on Jul 17, 2021 at 3:37 pm

Was just in Lehighton, this is now a bowling alley, Fritz’s I think was the name.

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Rstewart commented about Park 12 Cobb Cinemas on May 24, 2021 at 4:56 pm

Apparently closed earlier this year, current article in the Marietta Daily Journal says a storage facility is proposed.

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Rstewart commented about AMC Camp Creek 14 on Feb 2, 2021 at 4:02 pm

After AMC closed the MJ another company opened it briefly and had some troubles like this, I don’t recall shooting but fights, before it closed. The last time I was in ATL with some time to kill I visited the Delta museum and went out to Camp Creek to get dinner before my flight. I was at the Ruby Tuesday and there was a shooting at another restaurant in that area. I finished my meal and went to the airport without delay. When Camp Creek first opened I would fly in for the holidays and shop there for my kids, not anymore, just too much foolishness in the area. I never felt like Atlanta paid much attention to the SW side of town.

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Rstewart commented about AMC Camp Creek 14 on Feb 1, 2021 at 12:40 pm

Is this in East Point, Atlanta or unincorporated Fulton? Hard to believe the local cops can’t help, but then again isn’t this the same as the end of Magic at Greenbriar and Old National?

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Rstewart commented about Greenbriar Mall Theatre on Jan 7, 2021 at 7:36 am

Yes, it was a Penney’s back in the day. I guess the Sears for that area was the one at West End. In the pre Cumberland Mall era your choice for a real mall for those of us on the NW side of town was Lenox or Greenbriar, today that seems ridiculous. We had our stand alone Sears. Penney’s, Rich’s, etc. But no mall. My last visit to Greenbriar would have been just after the 97 holiday season and it was pretty rough. When mall security is dressed in black, traveling in pairs both with assault rifles in hand at 10AM on a Saturday it doesn’t say nice suburban mall, bring the family. It certainly didn’t make you want to sit in a dark room with a bunch of strangers.

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Rstewart commented about Greenbriar Mall Theatre on Jan 6, 2021 at 3:20 pm

Announced today that Macys will be closing at Greenbriar. I would guess that the end is near for Greenbriar as a viable shopping destination. I don’t know if there is a demand for the land at this point but with no anchor I can’t imagine it can escape the fate of Shannon Mall, Columbia Mall, etc.

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Rstewart commented about AMC Tilghman Square 8 on Jan 3, 2021 at 12:12 pm

I don’t know if AMC got a choice of what theaters it had to get rid of with the Carmike merger but I bet if they did they wished they had dumped the Carmike by the airport instead. Tilghman is so much better a facility. I wonder what there is to auction off, when a company bankrupts they have to walk away, but it will all depend on who owned what. If the property owner owns the fixtures, there won’t be much of value to sell. At this point I don’t think there would even be a line to buy the seats and projectors considering how much equipment is idle right now. The liquor license they had is the only thing I can think of with real value.

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Rstewart commented about Regal Town Center Stadium 16 on Oct 29, 2020 at 2:50 pm

I think this was the last operating facility of the old Storey chain.

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Rstewart commented about Box Office Cinemas on Aug 30, 2020 at 4:48 pm

They are on the hook for the lease, so they must feel that it will cost them less to run them vs. close them. I always felt like New Vision was just a temporary thing until AMC could get them back. New Vision with 15 locations across half the nation couldn’t be a viable operation.

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Rstewart commented about Tara Theatre on Jul 26, 2020 at 4:09 pm

Honestly, for the last decade every time I saw there was a fresh post about the Tara I was afraid it had been closed. It is hard the believe that somebody like Regal can justify it running in the day of 12+ being the norm but it will be a shame if it is true.

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Rstewart commented about Jonquil Theatre on May 11, 2020 at 4:44 pm

Perhaps a victim on the “new” theater at Belmont Hills?

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Rstewart commented about Perimeter Mall Theatre on May 5, 2020 at 5:48 am

Good to see the pics of the last night, sad to see the demo. I’m still surprised at how quietly this location closed considering how significant it was on the north side of town. Everyone knew Perimeter and the midnight movies were legendary. At least they didn’t just board it up and leave it to rot like so many others.

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Rstewart commented about AMC Franklin 3 on Mar 22, 2020 at 1:23 pm

I saw it in an add posted at another theaters page here on cinema treasures. I don’t recall which one, my guess would be a scan of the AJC from then. Anyone recall what location in the metro opened around March 82?

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Rstewart commented about Georgia Twin on Dec 22, 2019 at 2:44 pm

It’s a shame to see it gone. I’ve always wondered why this location was such a poor performer when the Tara, being of the same time frame, size and area has managed to flourish despite similar modifications over the years. It’s not like Loews was particularly good to the Tara or their other locations in the 70’s.

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Rstewart commented about Loew's Grand Theatre on Dec 15, 2019 at 7:49 am

Just posted a photo from the GP Center memorializing the Grand taken recently on a trip there.