Probably taken five years, or so, before I started going to the Community Theater to see movies, but still close to the layout I remember. Fantastic shot and, I would guess, extraordinarily rare! Thanks so much!
Amazing photo. There are always plenty of exterior shots of buildings, but who has photos like this? Seems pretty rare to me! Thanks so much for sharing!
glen1949 As I recall, when the original Park Theater closed around 1970, it relocated to Washington Street (not Avenue, which I used to live on), in the spot you mentioned. I think it was still called the Park Theater at that time, but it didn’t last long.
I went to the Community Theater as a child in the 1960s and have one lasting memory from those days, on which I’d like to get feedback and/or information. Before the feature films on the weekends, they’d show a black-and-white, slapstick, silent short of a bicycle race, with racers numbered 0-9 (as I recall). If the racer’s number matched the last number on your movie ticket, you’d get a free popcorn or small prize, or something like that. I never saw those shorts at any other theater, but I loved watching them and cheering for “my” bicycle racer. If you remember those bicycle races, please let me know and share whatever you can remember from them. I’ve searched for information or video of them online in vain, but am not giving up!
Probably taken five years, or so, before I started going to the Community Theater to see movies, but still close to the layout I remember. Fantastic shot and, I would guess, extraordinarily rare! Thanks so much!
Amazing photo. There are always plenty of exterior shots of buildings, but who has photos like this? Seems pretty rare to me! Thanks so much for sharing!
glen1949 As I recall, when the original Park Theater closed around 1970, it relocated to Washington Street (not Avenue, which I used to live on), in the spot you mentioned. I think it was still called the Park Theater at that time, but it didn’t last long.
I went to the Community Theater as a child in the 1960s and have one lasting memory from those days, on which I’d like to get feedback and/or information. Before the feature films on the weekends, they’d show a black-and-white, slapstick, silent short of a bicycle race, with racers numbered 0-9 (as I recall). If the racer’s number matched the last number on your movie ticket, you’d get a free popcorn or small prize, or something like that. I never saw those shorts at any other theater, but I loved watching them and cheering for “my” bicycle racer. If you remember those bicycle races, please let me know and share whatever you can remember from them. I’ve searched for information or video of them online in vain, but am not giving up!