The front of the theatre was demolished. The lobby was narrow and deep with the concessions along one side. The back section of seats and stage are now the Baldwin Theatre. The Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theatre puts on plays. The area that was demolished sat vacant for many years and it wasn’t till 2006 that the long promised 18 story building of parking, businesses and lofts began construction. As of March 2007 the outside of “The Fifth Royal Oak” is being finished.
My wife and I saw “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” along with a Bugs Bunny cartoon last weekend. Four dollar? They should charge more!! The price at the concessions was great! The organ music before, at the intermission and the end was fantastic. WE WILL BE BACK!
Our family took over the theatre and the store to the east and it was combined into one business. My grandmother moved her junk yard/parts store, she started in the depression, from across the street and opened Grand Schaefer Auto Parts. The address was 13695. My grandmother and grandfather along with my mother and her sisters lived in a flat that was located above the east part of the store. In the late 1950’s my grandparents retired and moved to Palm Springs, CA. The store stayed in the family until the mid 1980’s when it was closed. Saw various uses of the building after that. Night club, some sort of vehicle repair business and last I saw the building supply business that was two buildings to the west has taken it all over. Also now a cell tower sits in the parking lot.
The front of the theatre was demolished. The lobby was narrow and deep with the concessions along one side. The back section of seats and stage are now the Baldwin Theatre. The Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theatre puts on plays. The area that was demolished sat vacant for many years and it wasn’t till 2006 that the long promised 18 story building of parking, businesses and lofts began construction. As of March 2007 the outside of “The Fifth Royal Oak” is being finished.
My wife and I saw “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” along with a Bugs Bunny cartoon last weekend. Four dollar? They should charge more!! The price at the concessions was great! The organ music before, at the intermission and the end was fantastic. WE WILL BE BACK!
Our family took over the theatre and the store to the east and it was combined into one business. My grandmother moved her junk yard/parts store, she started in the depression, from across the street and opened Grand Schaefer Auto Parts. The address was 13695. My grandmother and grandfather along with my mother and her sisters lived in a flat that was located above the east part of the store. In the late 1950’s my grandparents retired and moved to Palm Springs, CA. The store stayed in the family until the mid 1980’s when it was closed. Saw various uses of the building after that. Night club, some sort of vehicle repair business and last I saw the building supply business that was two buildings to the west has taken it all over. Also now a cell tower sits in the parking lot.