Cinema 16

3604 Memorial Drive,
Decatur, GA 30032

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rivest266
rivest266 on January 5, 2024 at 4:57 pm

The Avondale mall was demolished in 2006 as there is new construction in 2007 for the Walmart.

yamamotomark
yamamotomark on January 5, 2024 at 4:25 am

demolished at unknown year

buckguy
buckguy on June 14, 2020 at 10:52 am

No one including the normally developer-friendly county government wanted the Walmart, esp. after they opened a new store not far away, off I-20. The area to the North and East underwent significant gentrification in the 90s & 00s and the general area around the mall has been ripe for redevelopment.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 15, 2018 at 1:30 pm

This opened as the Avondale Mall Cinema 16 on July 8th, 1994. Grand opening ad in the photo section. It closed in 2000.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on August 26, 2010 at 5:08 pm

It takes a bad"hood" to close Malls.Same thing happened at REGENCY MALL in Augusta.Woman got raped,one teenage girl was kidnapped found her out in woods with a shotgun blast to the face,yep it closed and so did a Triple theatre in the mall and an eight plex out in the parking lot.

jeterga
jeterga on August 26, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Macy’s was shuttered in 1995, with the Cinema 16 multiplex installed on its second level in 1997. The mall continued to founder, nonetheless. The motion picture venue was shuttered in 2000.

JFBrantley
JFBrantley on December 21, 2008 at 7:42 pm

This theater and surrounding mall have been demolished and the Wal-Mart is already open. I did go to Northeast Plaza several times but never attended this theater.

Avondale Mall, formerly Columbia Mall was never much of a mall. Although it had a Davidsons and a Sears, there was not much between the two stores.

One interesting tidbit about Columbia Mall was Chuck Norris filmed a scene of his movie Invasion U.S.A. at this mall.

kgd
kgd on April 11, 2007 at 5:18 pm

Photos are located at

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Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on January 10, 2007 at 6:44 am

this still closed………….

raymondstewart
raymondstewart on May 13, 2005 at 1:22 pm

Yep, 3 years and it was a decent 16 plex, but a bad “hood” coupled with a bankrupt operator (O'Neil). They also owner the NE Plaza 16 that lasted a bit longer.

kateymac01
kateymac01 on May 4, 2005 at 8:05 pm

A 16-plex opened in 1997 and closed in 2000? Yikes.

JackCoursey
JackCoursey on May 4, 2005 at 7:37 pm

The Avondale Mall Cinema 16 address is 3604 Memorial Dr 30032. The theatre was built in what was formally a Macys store. It opened in 1997 and promptly closed 3 years later.

Dennis4049
Dennis4049 on December 22, 2004 at 10:07 am

This Theater is now closed sitting in a totally abandoned shopping mall (Avondale Mall). There is much controversy going on regarding Wal-Mart wanting to tear down the entire mall sight (including the theaters) and build a Super Center.