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Place de Ville Cinemas
300 Sparks Street,
Ottawa,
ON
K1P
300 Sparks Street,
Ottawa,
ON
K1P
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Previously operated by: Famous Players
Functions: Office Space
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News About This Theater
- Feb 3, 2014 — Place de Ville uncovered
Opened by Famous Players on March 31, 1971 with Dustin Hoffman in “Little Big Man” and Gig Young in “Lover and Other Strangers”. The Place de Ville Cinemas was one of the few piggy-back cinemas in Canada. There were two cinemas, one on top of the other. One had 751 seats while the smaller had 437 seats. They closed on March 18, 1996 with “Mr Holland’s Opus” and “Muppet Treasure Island”.
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Now there are offices there. A shame, a real shame.
CBC report at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/inside-place-de-ville-theatre-a-hidden-piece-of-ottawa-s-past-1.2511978
Grand opening ad:
CinĂ©mas Place de Ville Cinemas opening Wed, Mar 31, 1971 – 53 · The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) · Newspapers.com