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It is an area zoned for historic preservation, about 50 blocks in size, [3] extending roughly between NW 17th and 24th Avenues, and between W Burnside and NW Marshall Streets. [4] In 2000, the Alphabet Historic District, which covers parts of streets from Burnside ("B Street") to N.W. Marshall ("M Street") within the Alphabet District but not ...
Cinema 21 is a movie theater in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon, United States. The venue opened as State Theatre in 1925, and was known as Vista during 1941–1942 and 21st Avenue Theatre from 1942 to 1965.
The Alphabet District is an area of streets running from below Burnside ("B Street") to Reed Street ("Z Street"). The naming scheme for the Alphabet District came about in 1865 when Captain John H. Couch platted his first subdivision. Each street on the plat was indicated by a letter of the alphabet. In June 1866, a city ordinance was approved ...
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By 1916, Portland had "the finest array" of movie houses on the West Coast relative to its population, pioneering venues dedicated exclusively to screening films. [1] The popularization of the sound film in the early 1920s resulted in another boom of new cinemas being constructed, including the Laurelhurst , the Hollywood Theatre , and the ...
Tomorrow Theater is a movie theater and multimedia space in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is operated by PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, the film and new media center of the Portland Art Museum. [1] Previously, the venue was an adult movie theater known as Oregon Theater. [2]
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The cinema opened in October 1970, under the name Cine-Mini Theater in rented space formerly used by the Portland State University Bookstore. Larry Moyer, owner of Moyer Theaters and rival brother of Tom Moyer, believed that Portland was ready for an intimate, fully automated niche market movie house where the projector, house music, curtains, and house lights were automatically controlled.