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A Street View capture of the theater in August of 2018. This is currently in the process of being demolished as of January, 2023. I hope someone was able to salvage some of those limestone details!
"The Ritz Theatre at 3430 N. Illinois Street was constructed in 1926-1927 by Oscar Markum and Son, owners of four other Indianapolis theaters. It was designed by Indianapolis architect George V. Bedell, who began his career in the 1880s as a decorative spindle and trim maker. The Ritz is brick and decorated with limestone carvings. When it first opened it had streetfront stores on either side of the central entrance and a separate smoking room with piped-in sound for the smokers.
According to cinematreasures.org, the Ritz opened on February 22, 1927 with seating for 1,400. Just on the cusp of talking movies, the theater was equipped with a two-manual Geneva organ. After years of success as a neighborhood movie theater, it became known as the Northside Theatre in August of 1958 and had a short-lived stint as a burlesque site in the 1960s before complaints led the managers and strippers to court. In June 1970 the theater was remodeled. All of the seats were removed to make way for a rock concert venue called Middle Earth. The popular hang-out featured some big names such as Richie Havens, Frank Zappa, and Savoy Brown. The name was changed back to the Ritz Theatre in January 1972, but the concerts were unsuccessful and the Ritz closed in late 1972."
For more information on this theater:
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For more information on this theater:
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The Ritz Theater, Thomaston, Georgia USA
The theater was started in 1927 and still operates.
The building reflected in the window is the Upson County Courthouse.
I found it and would love to know how to buy it and bring it back to its 1940 glory - These are my favorite photos from Brunswick, GA!:>)!:>)!
A look at the north side of the 300 block of E. Sixth St., part of Austin's Sixth Street Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The historic district, a.k.a. Old Sixth Street and Dirty 6th, runs east from Lavaca St. (2 blocks west of Congress Ave.) to I-35. While the Sixth St. entertainment district extends well past Congress Ave. to the west, and I-35 to the east, it is the historic section known for its clubs, bars, live music, restaurants, and 19th century architecture that made Austin the "Live Music Capital of the World."
Among the notable buildings in the 300 block of E. Sixth is the Ritz. Since the theater's opening in 1929, it has been used as a movie theater, music hall, club, and comedy house. It reopened after renovations in fall 2007 as the new downtown location for the Alamo Drafthouse. The venue temporarily closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was permanently closed in 2021 when the Alamo Drafthouse filed for bankruptcy.
Fortunately, the Ritz won't be closed for long as podcaster, comedian, actor, and color commentator and newly transplanted Austin resident Joe Rogan will reopen The Ritz later this year as the Comedy Mothership At The Ritz Theater.
An historic photo from the Indiana Historical Society showing the theater in its prime. The theater is in the process of being demolished in January of 2023. I hope someone was able to salvage some of those limestone details.
"The Ritz Theatre at 3430 N. Illinois Street was constructed in 1926-1927 by Oscar Markum and Son, owners of four other Indianapolis theaters. It was designed by Indianapolis architect George V. Bedell, who began his career in the 1880s as a decorative spindle and trim maker. The Ritz is brick and decorated with limestone carvings. When it first opened it had streetfront stores on either side of the central entrance and a separate smoking room with piped-in sound for the smokers.
According to cinematreasures.org, the Ritz opened on February 22, 1927 with seating for 1,400. Just on the cusp of talking movies, the theater was equipped with a two-manual Geneva organ. After years of success as a neighborhood movie theater, it became known as the Northside Theatre in August of 1958 and had a short-lived stint as a burlesque site in the 1960s before complaints led the managers and strippers to court. In June 1970 the theater was remodeled. All of the seats were removed to make way for a rock concert venue called Middle Earth. The popular hang-out featured some big names such as Richie Havens, Frank Zappa, and Savoy Brown. The name was changed back to the Ritz Theatre in January 1972, but the concerts were unsuccessful and the Ritz closed in late 1972."
For more information on this theater:
historicindianapolis.com/indianapolis-then-and-now-ritz-t...
The Ritz Theater was built in 1912 as the New Rockville Opera House. It was turned into a movie theater in 1929, and re-named the Ritz in 1937.
In the window of the Ritz Theater in Thomaston, GA they have great items from their history.
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Ybor City, East 7th Avenue, with TECO street car # 138 heading toward the camera in Tampa, Florida, ca 1930's. Situated on the left in the famous Las Novedades Restaurant. Further down the avenue on the right side you can see the old Ritz Theater. This area is often called the Latin Quarter of Tampa. Street car # 138 is a single truck Birney built by the St. Louis Car Company in 1921. Notice the brick paved avenue and also notice the solid store fronts of smaller stores, restaurants and other service companies that lined the street. You may observe the motorman at the controls of street car # 138. The street car service indicator sign says "Heights." This photo always reminded me of some of the street scenes in Cuba.
The photo image was captured on film by Burgert Brothers Photography.
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Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 33,874 at the 2010 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 estimates, the city had a population of 37,689, making it the second most populated city in Polk County. It is a principal city of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Winter Haven has played a major role in the development and growth of water skiing as a sport. Dick Pope, Sr. used water skiing as a way to promote his Cypress Gardens theme park starting in the 1930s, and water ski shows soon became a staple of entertainment at the park. He was also the first person to complete a jump on water skis, jumping over a wooden ramp in 1928, for a distance of 25 feet. He pioneered a number of other water skiing tricks, including the water ski human pyramid, as part of an effort to develop his shows at Cypress Gardens. His son, Dick Pope, Jr. popularized barefoot water skiing.
Winter Haven is connected to 10 members of the Water Ski Hall of Fame, more than any other city in the world. These include Dick Pope, Sr., Dick Pope, Jr., and Ricky McCormick. George A. "Banana George" Blair, who still holds several water ski world records, was first introduced to the sport while visiting Winter Haven in the 1950s. Winter Haven has many lakes, including its famous chain of lakes, that are perfect for water skiing. Today, several successful ski schools, for both water skiing and barefoot skiing, make their home there. Everyday, all year round, water skiers can be seen practicing their sport on the lakes around town.
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A stage prop in the rafters of the old Ritz Theater in New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Flickr's blog today featured "Blurred" shots, several of which were quite extraordinary. Digging into them led me to discussions about a technique called ICM (intentional camera movement). I've never really thought of it as a technique, but I've played around that kind of thing before, particularly with neon or other bright lights at night.
I took this particular shot of the sign for the historic Ritz theater in Austin, TX, earlier this year while in town for South by Southwest. I liked the effect at the time, but didn't think much more about it until now. I cropped the shot into a square format, did a little darkening of the blacks, and boosted the color vibrancy a bit. (Kind of cool how you can see the windows of the building in the lower left corner of the image.) Would love to know folks' thoughts about the image and whether it's a good example of the technique (albeit an unintentional one).