Here are two expanded views of the PAB thumbnails posted on 3/7/05. The photos are from the Irvin Glazer collection. The marquee in the first photo says “City of David”, but I’m not sure if that was a film: http://tinyurl.com/23fowv http://tinyurl.com/ynsvvp
Additional exterior and interior photos can be seen below. The Agape Church renovated the theater around 1998 and used it for a few years, but has since moved on. The building’s current occupant, if any, is unknown: http://tinyurl.com/22k5gu
Perhaps this has been mentioned already, but the musical director of the Capitol was Major Edward Bowes, according to the ad. He was the man behind “Major Bowes' Amateur Hour”, a popular radio show in the thirties and forties.
According to the caption on this photo, the Nickel was also called the Olympia and, unflatteringly, the Rathole. I’m guessing that the latter was not an authorized name for the theater: http://tinyurl.com/2dprgo
The Strand can be seen in this 1949 photo. It burned to the ground on December 2, 1960.
http://tinyurl.com/37mlly
The Hi-Ho marquee can be seen on the left side of the frame in this undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2hara9
Here are two expanded views of the PAB thumbnails posted on 3/7/05. The photos are from the Irvin Glazer collection. The marquee in the first photo says “City of David”, but I’m not sure if that was a film:
http://tinyurl.com/23fowv
http://tinyurl.com/ynsvvp
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yoders
Here is a photo from the Frostburg city website. No date was given:
http://tinyurl.com/2ksbxe
Here are a series of articles from the Texarkana Gazette that discuss this theater:
http://tinyurl.com/39w57j
Here is a July 2005 op-ed about the issues concerning the theater’s demolition:
http://tinyurl.com/2zwn3t
Jack, did you see any for sale signs when you took the picture?
http://tinyurl.com/2dz64w
Price as of 11/07 was 2.395 million:
http://tinyurl.com/25ybea
If it’s eleven p.m. and you’ve given me a couple of drinks and a pillow, there’s no way I’m staying awake through the movie.
Here is a March 2007 news article about the restaurant currently occupying the theater space:
http://tinyurl.com/3x84m6
I think they’re still working on it.
Try it again, it’s working for me.
The official site is down. You can try this one, but it seems to be problematic as well:
http://www.fortvalley-mainstreet.org/
Here is a January 17, 2008 blog that discusses renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/3aaxkx
Here is the most recent news:
http://tinyurl.com/35nlmy
Here is a November 2005 photo;
http://tinyurl.com/2jgv43
Been there, done that.
Additional exterior and interior photos can be seen below. The Agape Church renovated the theater around 1998 and used it for a few years, but has since moved on. The building’s current occupant, if any, is unknown:
http://tinyurl.com/22k5gu
Here is the website for the current occupant:
http://www.5pointfellowship.org/
Perhaps this has been mentioned already, but the musical director of the Capitol was Major Edward Bowes, according to the ad. He was the man behind “Major Bowes' Amateur Hour”, a popular radio show in the thirties and forties.
Here is an undated photo of the Atlantic Theater on First Avenue. This is prior to major remodeling of the facade:
http://tinyurl.com/ysmmcm
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ypaqkp
According to the caption on this photo, the Nickel was also called the Olympia and, unflatteringly, the Rathole. I’m guessing that the latter was not an authorized name for the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/2dprgo
Here is a 1956 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/2tycn8