tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post8973613313823543304..comments2023-12-29T07:21:43.271-07:00Comments on Arroyo Chamisa: a favorite posterAlex Gildzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16858525907800097129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post-83240514872750557562010-10-09T10:08:44.313-06:002010-10-09T10:08:44.313-06:00I mourn the loss of the great old movie theatres t...I mourn the loss of the great old movie theatres that use to line the streets of times sq. Happily I got to go to them in the early and mid 50's.cinemage bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653279069040430337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post-69567857704934154712010-10-07T00:14:13.771-06:002010-10-07T00:14:13.771-06:00it's a shame that cities didn't preserve o...it's a shame that cities didn't preserve old theaters. the safeway where i do most of our grocery shopping was once the site of a grand movie palace called the alhambra done in a rather flamboyant moorish style. it was torn down in the early '70s to make way for a supermarket. the only evidence left of the old alhambra's existence is a wall with a fountain and a plaque with a omar kayyam quote.richard lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02331807433806381883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post-63125662471986838172010-10-06T21:10:25.575-06:002010-10-06T21:10:25.575-06:00it was the smallest of the Schubert theaters. bui...it was the smallest of the Schubert theaters. built in the teens & torn down in 1982. thruout the '70s it alternated between having plays & showing movies. I remember there were some star footprints in the cement in front of it but no longer recall whose.Alex Gildzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858525907800097129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post-10675931585413759582010-10-06T20:50:18.435-06:002010-10-06T20:50:18.435-06:00think this is the theatre that I saw a revival of ...think this is the theatre that I saw a revival of freaks also around this time. Maybe a year or so earlier.cinemage bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653279069040430337noreply@blogger.com