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It was at the time the most modern theater in Baltimore, superseded in 1939 by another Zink cinema, the Senator Theatre. [ 2 ] During the 1960s the Ambassador was a first-run cinema, showing movies immediately upon release, as opposed the second and third-run theaters more typical of the outer portions of Baltimore.
It is the oldest operating movie theater in central Maryland and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Baltimore City Landmark. Managers Buzz and Kathleen Cusack renovated the theater and reopened it on October 15, 2010. [2] The theater closed again for more renovations on April 26, 2012. It has since ...
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The theater will be renamed the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway Film Centre and will contain three screens, six hundred twenty seats, and a live performance area, the main auditorium will have a seating capacity of 420 seats and the new building next door will contain two smaller 100-seat theatres bringing the total number of seats to 620.
Interior of the theater after its renovation in 2004. Built in 1914 for impresarios Marion Scott Pearce and Scheck, the 2300-seat theater was the foremost vaudeville house in Baltimore, as well as a movie theater. When the movie palace opened, it was the largest theatre in the United States south of Philadelphia. [2]
The Charles Theatre. The Charles Theatre, often referred to as simply The Charles, or, even more simply, The Chuck, is the oldest movie theatre in Baltimore. The theatre is a Beaux-Arts building designed as a streetcar barn in 1892 by Jackson C. Gott, located in what is now the Station North arts and entertainment district. The theater was ...
In 1947, Joseph and Jacob Meyerhoff built Edmondson Village Shopping Center, which featured a bowling alley, movie theatre, and acres of free parking. [1] Retail establishments at the shopping center included Hess Shoes, Food Fair, Tommy Tucker, Whelan's Drugs, and Hochschild, Kohn & Co. [2]
Bengies was opened on June 6, 1956 [1] [2] by Frog Mortar Corporation. [3] It was designed by Jack K. Vogel as one of three drive-ins in the Vogel Theatre chain, [1] and is still owned by the Vogel family, [4] [5] and as of 2009 showed entirely double features, [6] with triple features on weekends as of 2014.