Loews Arlington
1800 W. Henderson Road,
Columbus,
OH
43220
1800 W. Henderson Road,
Columbus,
OH
43220
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The third screen was construction beginned in late 1990 and halted in 1991
Closed in 1992, the Sears hardware store is now converted into a Volunteers of America Thrift Store as of February 18, 2022.
Two grand opening ads posted.
Two screens on January 1st, 1976 with the Canadian film “Lies My Father told Me"And "The Black Bird.”
Thanks for that information, John. Articles from BOXOFFICE indicated that Morse Road had 70mm equipment, but I could never find any 70mm releases that played there.
Did you know they ran 70mm at the Main?
Loews Arlington had two screens when it closed and it had mono sound. Loews Morse Road had 35/70 projection equipment (Century JJ’s) and was slated to close. I was the service tech at the time so Lowes had me swap the projectors at the Arlington with the ones at the Morse Road. This was a back-breaking job and was done without loosing one show. 70mm only ran once at the Morse Road (a special film produced by Chevy to introduce car dealers to a new model) and never ran at the Arlington.
Saw “Amadeus” here.
See 007 was on the Marquee.Loew’s had some nice buildings.
I’ll ask CinemaTreasures to fix the Description header appropriately.
You are only talking about a distance here of about 100 yards…unless you really looked at the maps, you wouldn’t know the difference. If you would ask someone to circle an area of a map that would be considered Arlington, they include this shopping center. If I didn’t live here, I certainly wouldn’t have noticed the difference. As I said above, the city boundaries here get very, very confusing.
Thanks for the correct, MarkL. So Loew’s named this theatre after a place it was next to rather than a place where was actually located?
In this case, the theatre is in Columbus, BUT the 43220 zip code also includes the north part of the city of Upper Arlington, where I live. It also includes some unincorporated/township areas.
Things can get very confusing in the northwest part of Columbus. You might live in Columbus proper, go to school in the Worthington School district, and have a mailing address of Dublin. It really takes careful study of the local maps to really figure things out.
Thanks Mark L
Theatre was to be twinned shortly after Easter, 1974. Each room was to seat 550. Cost of twinning was to be $70,000, and construction was to take approximately 30 days.
Loew’s Arlington was not located in Upper Arlington. It was located in the City of Columbus. Annexation maps from uarchives.org show the Arlington city limits ending on the south side of Henderson Road. The north side of Henderson, including the shopping center with the theatre, is actually in Columbus. These boundaries still exist today.
Nice photo Chuck 1231.
Here’s a link to Loew’s 1966 annual report, which contained a picture of the theatre exterior and the text that I quoted above. Loew’s Arlington and Loew’s Morse Road are also mentioned in the company’s 1967 annual report.