Hello again Gene ‘64. You have me wonderiing about my memories of the Town and Country shopping center. I recall it having been located at 4th & University. I also remember the Backstage theater which was near this shopping center, but the only miniature golf course I recall was the Twin Lakes which was at that time in far west Lubbock.
Could the Backstage and the Chapparal have ever been one and the same?
Hello Jeff. As you may hay noticed the question has come up about the possiblilty of the Palace having had its name changed to the State(my posting) at some point in time. I don’t think this is the case but have just read your posting for the first time and you mention “sharp 1936 exterior and interior photographs of the Palace.”
I do not see any evidence to dispute or confirm that this Palace was in Lubbock as per the Star Archives website. I hope someone can confirm that it was the Lubbock Palace as it would be the first photo I have ever seen of it.
I can confirm this was not the STATE, because it was not located on a corner lot.
“Restored” or “renovated” can hardly be used in the same sentence that describes the TEXAS as it stands as of November 2007.
Take a look at the comments and photos posted on Cinema Treasures and it becomes obvious that the TEXAS has become a shell of its former self.
It took 3.5 million to do this!?
Don Lewis
Too bad……..It was just a matter of time.
Don…………
The city of Dallas can’t even restore a pot hole. The rumor of a reopening is several years old.
Take a look a some of the previous comments. Money is going down a black hole somewhere.
Also take a look at the pictures, past and present. The TEXAS has become a mere shell of its former self.
This is a restoration???
YAWN!!!
One more look at the QUEEN….
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/1812367312
Does the FOX still look like the train wreck it did in 2003?
Looks like the EAGLE has has had a re-do and lost quiet a bit of character.
Don………….
A closer look reveals the QUEEN’S crown must have had some flashy neon at some point.
Hard to beleive that Bryan is not trying to preserve the QUEEN.
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Don……….
Image of the PALACE THEATER sign and marquee. Taken 10/08
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My October 2007 image of the QUEEN.
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An old post card DEPICTING the UNITED ARTIST THEATER ON Broadway.
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Two of my images of the ARLINGTON THEATER taken 9/30/07.
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Hello GrindHouse. Since you enjoyed the RIG photo so much you would really be in for a treat to visit Mark’s website.
www.markcotton.com
Don……
I suppose becoming a Pottery Barn is better that being demolished. Two August 2007 images of the COLONY.
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Two images of the HELEN STAIRS THEATER taken August 2007.
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B&W photo of the MIDWAY courtesy of the Texas Tech Library.
Probably taken around 1940.
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Hello again Gene ‘64. You have me wonderiing about my memories of the Town and Country shopping center. I recall it having been located at 4th & University. I also remember the Backstage theater which was near this shopping center, but the only miniature golf course I recall was the Twin Lakes which was at that time in far west Lubbock.
Could the Backstage and the Chapparal have ever been one and the same?
My photo of the LINDSEY here.
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Hello Gene'64. I am finding you comments on Lubbock’s theaters some of the most interesting and in depth I have read.
Do you have photos of any of the theaters?
Thanks!!
Don… (Lubbock is home but my wife and I live in Grapevine)
Hello cosmic. I have no doubt about there having been a Palace in Lubbock.
Please see Robert Pratt’s comments on my posting of the STATE in Lubbock.
Don……..
Hello Jeff. As you may hay noticed the question has come up about the possiblilty of the Palace having had its name changed to the State(my posting) at some point in time. I don’t think this is the case but have just read your posting for the first time and you mention “sharp 1936 exterior and interior photographs of the Palace.”
Are these available somewhere online to view?
Thanks……..
Don
I do not see any evidence to dispute or confirm that this Palace was in Lubbock as per the Star Archives website. I hope someone can confirm that it was the Lubbock Palace as it would be the first photo I have ever seen of it.
I can confirm this was not the STATE, because it was not located on a corner lot.
Yes Anthony thanks for the link which does work.
But what is going on with the TEXAS at the present. Did the buyer back out?
The MAJESTIC revisited 8/2007.
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We will be waiting!!