The “Gopher” visible on the postcard on display at the time of this comment is not the theater, it’s a similarly and unrelated café. The theater is technically – but not practically – visible on the card. Both establishments were on the east side of Hennepin; the theater was between 6th and 7th Streets while the café was between 8th and 9th. This card is looking north from 10th.
The remaining portion of the theater was the home of WCCO-TV/4 until the station moved to 11th & Nicollet in 1983, after which the structure was converted to office space. KSTP-TV was never located here.
Here’s some trivia about The World and/or Academy (Shubert) theaters: Purple Rain was filmed in Minneapolis, including a lot of scenes at the First Avenue nightclub directly across 7th Street (the former Greyhound bus depot). The scene in which Jerome Benton dumps a woman in a trash bin was shot in the alley next to one or both of the theaters.
It’s open but not as a movie theater. Does that qualify for it to be designated “open” for the purposes of the site?
Demolition was closer to 1973 or 1974. Orchestra Hall was open with shows in 1975.
Here is a proper photo of the Gopher. From 1938:
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10361908
The “Gopher” visible on the postcard on display at the time of this comment is not the theater, it’s a similarly and unrelated café. The theater is technically – but not practically – visible on the card. Both establishments were on the east side of Hennepin; the theater was between 6th and 7th Streets while the café was between 8th and 9th. This card is looking north from 10th.
The remaining portion of the theater was the home of WCCO-TV/4 until the station moved to 11th & Nicollet in 1983, after which the structure was converted to office space. KSTP-TV was never located here.
Here’s some trivia about The World and/or Academy (Shubert) theaters: Purple Rain was filmed in Minneapolis, including a lot of scenes at the First Avenue nightclub directly across 7th Street (the former Greyhound bus depot). The scene in which Jerome Benton dumps a woman in a trash bin was shot in the alley next to one or both of the theaters.
Here’s another photo, from 1912. Select page 116 at left: View link
Ken, what was the craigslist item? CL ads expire.
Here’s a photo of the theater from late summer July 2007:
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