Oh man, with the Imperial across the street beginning to show classic films in the vein of Easy Rider, Gone With the Wind, and To Kill a Mockingbird, This theater is poised to offer a more ‘art’ heavy menu, with smatterings of ‘Rocky Horror’ night, and ‘Grease’ sing-a-longs. Augusta is ripe for this theater’s renewel. And at under $250,000 I can assure you someone will snag this one very, very soon. Especially with the continued revitalization of downtown.
I loved this theater! Especially after the neighborhood turned dark, and they ended up shutting some of the screens down due to gang violence. I remember seeing ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, as well as ‘Back to the Future 2’, and ‘Batman’ in Regency III. I think I and II were closed shortly after a screening of Malcolm X resulted in a midnight robbery of the office manager’s safe, and the bludeoning of said office manager.
Truly though this theater’s star shown brightly. One my fondest memories in life is being granted access to see RoboCop by a nerdy ticket monger who couldn’t care less if I was only 9. Yes, those were the days…
ah well, like the grindhouses of New York and Los Angelos, the Regency I-II-III, has been swept asunder.
The Tara IS the perfect art theater in Atlanta. It’s convenient to downtown but not in an expensive neighborhood which would drive the land price up. The state of the building is servicable but not pristine, much like the parking lot. In other words, this theater should go unnoticed by developers and larger chains alike for the forseeable future. This gives the Tara a little lee-way in their offerings. However, the recent upgrades may spell eventual doom for its more art-minded patrons, such as myself.
Only $225,000!?
Oh man, with the Imperial across the street beginning to show classic films in the vein of Easy Rider, Gone With the Wind, and To Kill a Mockingbird, This theater is poised to offer a more ‘art’ heavy menu, with smatterings of ‘Rocky Horror’ night, and ‘Grease’ sing-a-longs. Augusta is ripe for this theater’s renewel. And at under $250,000 I can assure you someone will snag this one very, very soon. Especially with the continued revitalization of downtown.
I loved this theater! Especially after the neighborhood turned dark, and they ended up shutting some of the screens down due to gang violence. I remember seeing ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, as well as ‘Back to the Future 2’, and ‘Batman’ in Regency III. I think I and II were closed shortly after a screening of Malcolm X resulted in a midnight robbery of the office manager’s safe, and the bludeoning of said office manager.
Truly though this theater’s star shown brightly. One my fondest memories in life is being granted access to see RoboCop by a nerdy ticket monger who couldn’t care less if I was only 9. Yes, those were the days…
ah well, like the grindhouses of New York and Los Angelos, the Regency I-II-III, has been swept asunder.
The Tara IS the perfect art theater in Atlanta. It’s convenient to downtown but not in an expensive neighborhood which would drive the land price up. The state of the building is servicable but not pristine, much like the parking lot. In other words, this theater should go unnoticed by developers and larger chains alike for the forseeable future. This gives the Tara a little lee-way in their offerings. However, the recent upgrades may spell eventual doom for its more art-minded patrons, such as myself.