Ruskin I & II
11300 Blue Ridge Boulevard,
Kansas City,
MO
64134
11300 Blue Ridge Boulevard,
Kansas City,
MO
64134
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Grand opening ad posted.
Closed by Commonwealth while the 46th annual Academy Awards was occuring, Tuesday, April 2, 1974, showing in one auditorium Woody Allen’s SLEEPER, and in the other, Joe Don Baker in WALKING TALL [Kansas City Star]
An early photo of the Ruskin Theatres is on this page of Boxoffice, January 15, 1968.
Thanks for that clarification, Joe. I checked the Boxoffice article you referenced, as well as the KC Star advertisement that I based my write-up on. The advertisement mentions Costlow Associates but does not indicate that the building was new construction. The Ruskin building is definitely freestanding from the shopping center. The building still exists and can be seen here (it’s the building in the upper left; the shopping center itself is to the right).
The May 22, 1967, issue of Boxoffice Magazine said that Commonwealth’s new Ruskin I and II would be located in an existing building which had formerly been a bowling alley. The two-screen house was to have 744 seats, divided 364 and 380. Construction was slated to begin June 1.