Uptown Theatre - Winnipeg MB
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PeterNoG
N 49° 52.420 W 097° 10.965
14U E 630574 N 5526168
This vintage movie theatre was built in 1931 as the Uptown Theatre. Today, it is the Academy Uptown Lanes, 394 Academy Rd in Winnipeg MB.
Waymark Code: WM3KWE
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 04/17/2008
Views: 61
This theatre, "the finest theatre in Western Canada", opened on Dec. 24, 1931. Winnipeg architect Max Blankstein used a Spanish mission style with pinkish stucco, twin cupolas and niches with wrought iron railings. The exterior still has most of it's original splendor. This was "an atmospheric" theater with deep blue ceiling pierced with twinkling stars to resemble the nightime sky. A Brenograph projector provided cloud effects, rising and setting moon and even a plane flying over. With a sophisticated air conditioning system, this 1600 seat theatre was advertised in the summer months of the '30s as "Winnipeg's Refrigerated Theatre".
It operated as a movie theatre until 1960 when the interior was basically gutted and it was turned into a bowling alley.
Year Theater Opened: 1931
Number of Screen(s): 1
Concessions Available: yes
Web site: [Web Link]
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
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Must take a photo of the theater.
Please try to include yourself or gps in the picture.
Tell of your experience at the theater, if it is still a theater. If it is no longer a theater tell of an experience from the past at the theater, if this can be done.