California Theater – Abandoned Movie Palace

Uptown Theatre (also known as Balaban and Katz Uptown Theatre) is a massive, ornate movie palace located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.Designed by Rapp and Rapp and built by Paschen Bros. contractors, it one of the many movie palaces built by the Balaban & Katz theatre chain run by A. J. Balaban, his brother Barney Balaban and their partner Sam Katz.

Breathtaking photos from old and abandoned places from all around the world. These places need to be revived and given new life!

Cinema Treasures: A New Look at Classic Movie Theaters [Ross Melnick] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. More than 100 years after the first movie delighted audiences, movie theaters remain the last great community centers and one of the few amusements any family can afford. While countless books have been devoted to films and their stars

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hfleming on June 5, 2011 at 4:47 pm. I was reading an article about the demolition of the National in Westwood (sad) , and ended up finding the updated official website for the Vista and the Los Feliz 3, run by Vintage cinemas (happy).

Six Flags New Orleans (SFNO) is a 140-acre, abandoned theme park in New Orleans that has been closed since Hurricane Katrina struck the state in August 2005. It is owned by the Industrial Development Board (IDB) of New Orleans. Six Flags had leased the park from 2002 until 2009, when the lease was terminated during its bankruptcy proceedings. The former park is located in New Orleans East, off ...

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Location of the long-gone Paramount Music Palace (and recently gone Don Pablo’s) – Photo by Ryan Hamlett At the request of a good friend, this week’s not exactly picturesque local is the site of the long since demolished Paramount Music Palace at the Washington and 465 interchange on Indy’s eastside. What was once home to […]

Welcome to Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace located in beautiful Bakersfield, California. We’re still working on the site including our new on-line store,

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