Uptown Theatre
612 8 Avenue SW,
Calgary,
AB
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612 8 Avenue SW,
Calgary,
AB
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The former Uptown Theatre in Calgary has just been sadly demolished last week.
Two screens on March 23rd, 1973. Another ad. more to come.
This opened on March 30th, 1951. Grand opening ad posted.
This needs to be marked as closed as it’s no longer open and is currently (summer 2014) undergoing redevelopment as either offices or condos. It’s not being demolished, however.
1951 grand opening ad uploaded in the photo section. It stopped showing movies in 2012.
It’s a travesty that it lost its spectacular marquee for the spartan utilitarian one it sports in the into photo. I wonder if the interior is just as disappointing?
Here is a decent picture of the Barron Building, taken during the time the theatre was closed.
The architect of the Uptown was John A. Cawston, of the firm of Stevenson, Cawston & Stevenson.
Here is a brief essay about the Barron Building, courtesy of the Calgary Public Library.
Highlight for me with this house was Funny Thing Happened on the Way To The Forum.I loved that movie and still do.Must have been 1967?I remember going to a doctor in the bldg.next door.The interior was fairly severe.
Nice recent B&W photo:
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