Bill Dooley writes: The March 15, 2002 CITYBUSINESS has a front-page story regarding new owners of the Skyway 6 movie theatre building in�downtown Minneapolis. (The Internet version of the paper is still posting last week's paper hence no link.) The story basically says the two owners of the space have different ideas how the space should be used. One owner would refurbish the movie theatres and one would not. This may very well wind up in court where one party condemns the other. I am pulling for the refurbisher to win. I would really enjoy going downtown for movies again. � I write:
Congrats to CityBiz (wish I had that story), but the idea of refurbishing the Skyway into movie theaters seems deeply weird. The Crown Theatres 15 will be opening on Block E in November - you'll get more movies than I suspect the market can support, Bill. I was a faithful Skyway theatergoer, partly because it was close when I was the Twin Cities Reader's film critic, partly because it was the place to go if you were a white guy who wanted to see a movie with black audiences, and where the audience talked back to the screen. (There was plenty of Hollywood garbage I had to see where this was the prime virtue). My wife wouldn't go near the place, of course, deeming it cruddy and unsafe, which it became as management spent progressively less on security in the theater's final days. Little-known trivia about the Skyway "6" Theater: I think it started out as a "1," and was split repeatedly over the years. The main theater was split in two, the balcony was split in two, and a fifth theater around the side was converted from office/retail space. The best was the lowest level theater (with the odd sideways angle and weirdly placed posts) which was once parking. David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
