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Promenade Saucon Valley (formerly The Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley) is a lifestyle center that is located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. [2] Major stores include American Eagle Outfitters, Banana Republic, Barnes & Noble, Brooks Brothers, Fresh Market, Old Navy, and AMC Theatres with sixteen screens, including an IMAX theater.
The Allen was one of three "neighborhood" second-run theaters in the residential district of Allentown in the 1930s, the others being the Franklin Theater (1913) at 429 W. Tilghman Street and the Towne Theater (1935) at 343 N. Sixth Street; all were within a mile or two of each other.
The theater opened about an hour before sunset each night, and normally showed two films on an average evening, the first being a first-run film, the second being either a "B" movie or a second-run film. The theater was located on a hill, with gravel over the natural turf for automobiles to park.
During the mid-1950s, Harold Heydt, then manager of the movie theatre began showing foreign films. [2] In July 1957, Allentown's Civic Little Theatre announced it had purchased the 19th Street Theatre from Moffa for $95,000. It was the first home the community theatre group had had since its founding in the late 1920s.
As of 2021, 10,345 people are living in Center Valley. [5] The racial breakdown of the valley is 86.8% White, 5.3% Hispanic, 0.7% African American, 3.1% Asian, and 4.2% other. [6] Last updated in 2021, it was said that the average income of Center Valley is higher than the average overall in the United States.
A list of films shot wholly or partly in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania: [1] [2] [3] Allentown.
In 1973, United Artists Eastern Theaters Inc. purchased the building from the Fabian movie chain. [3] However, during the 1970s and 1980s, the multi-cinema mall theaters and also the decline of the Allentown Central Shopping district on Hamilton Street led to austere times for the Colonial, along with other Hamilton Street theaters in Allentown.
[1] [2] Opened in 1949, the Mahoning was one of many drive-in theaters that became popular in the United States following World War II. [3] Attendance at the Mahoning waned by 2014, but the theater has since gained a resurgence in popularity due to the management's decision to screen primarily older cult films and B movies rather than newer ...