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Paramount Theater See: Portland Publix Theatre: 1922: Paris Theatre: 6 SW Third Avenue: Inactive: Originally a burlesque house; later known as Third Avenue Theatre. Served as an adult movie theater from 2006 to 2016, after which it was converted to a live music venue. [71] — [65] 1911: People's Theater : 901 SW Alder Street: Inactive †
The Portland Hotel about 1900 at the site of the now-public square A 1986 view, showing the fountain's original color and a banner for Powell's Travel Store The square's surface is made up of bricks inscribed with the names of residents whose $15 donations in 1981–1982 helped fund its construction.
The theater's marquee in 2014. The venue opened as State Theatre in 1925, and was known as Vista during 1941–1942 and 21st Avenue Theatre from 1942 to 1965. [1] Cinema 21 is known for supporting independent and local filmmakers and has hosted many events and festivals during its long history.
The festival has been hosted at a range of locations across Portland including Fifth Avenue Cinema, Clinton St. Theater, Cinema 21, Crystal Ballroom, Crystal Ball & Restaurant, Hollywood Theater, Laurelhurst Theater, Living Room Theater, McMenamin's Mission Theater, Plum Tree Mortgage Education Center, Pro Photo Supply Event Center, Wallace Park, Waterfront Park, White Space Gallery, The ...
Jim Purcell, Portland's Chief of Police, was a regular at the Star Theater. [2] [4] In the late 1960s, the Star Theater became an adult theater which showed erotic movies and also had strippers on stage. In the 1970s, the Star Theater experimented with presenting everything from underground and classic comedy films to controversial "live sex ...
As an adult cinema, the single-screen theater replaced traditional auditorium seats with sofas. It began advertising live sex shows in the early part of the 21st century. [3] In 2005, The Portland Mercury said the theater showed heterosexual pornographic films daily except for Wednesdays and Saturdays, when it featured bisexual content. [11]
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.
In 2007, Ray Billings, owner of Jefferson Theatre, closed that venue and relocated his adult movie theater operation to the Paris. [1] [3] [4] Cinema Treasures said the building's exterior featured a red marquee with "Theatre" written vertically and "Paris" appearing horizontally across the bottom. An additional four-panel marquee was displayed ...