Pix Theatre

2311 S. Howell Avenue,
Milwaukee, WI 53207

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Architects: Stanley F. Kadow

Previous Names: Avenue Theatre, New Aragon Theatre, Aragon Theatre

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Pix Theatre

The Avenue Theatre was opened prior to 1916. By 1941 it had been renamed New Aragon Theatre. In 1950 it was renamed Pix Theatre

Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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DavidHurlbutt
DavidHurlbutt on August 26, 2007 at 6:50 pm

The Pix was originally the Avenue and later was remodeled and called the Aragon. In 1950 the owners of the Aragon who had built a new theater, the Airway, further south on Howell Avenue sold the Aragon to new owners who changed its name to the Pix. When the Pix closed it became a dance club. When the dance club closed the building was demolished.

LouisRugani
LouisRugani on June 2, 2009 at 9:26 pm

I saw it open in 1961, showing “World Without End”. The added-later polychrome facade was attractive. The lot is still vacant today.

EdwardW
EdwardW on June 12, 2013 at 1:07 am

It is kind of cool in a sad way to know that the grass and cement covered lot next door to my house had a Theater on it

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 23, 2017 at 4:27 am

The Avenue was being operated by Milwaukee movie theater pioneer Henry Trinz when it was mentioned in the November 4, 1916, issue of Motography, which described the house as a “Neighborhood theater, catering to a middle class.”

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