They just tore down a one of a kind movie theatre to build a DICKS Sporting Goods

[Omaha Steve]

I'm in favor of putting DICKS on the DU boycott list!

Videos, info, and more at the link: http://www.savethedome.org/

[Buzz Clik]

1. The good new is that you now have a place to buy a baseball bat for $450.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. Back in the '70s, they destroyed a prairie dog village in Boulder, Colorado

to build a big box store

[Bluenorthwest]

3. That is really terrible. What a reckless act, destruction of character and history.

They should be deeply ashamed.

[grilled onions]

4. We Are Getting Less Respect For Our Past All The Time

Every time I see a documentary on theatre's,amusement parks,and just about any building that is considered historical then read about its' demise I cringe. We cannot replace what we lose. Even if they duplicate it the craftsmanship will never be the same. They put great love and skill into what they built and it showed. Often their name was somewhere on the front on the building. Today they would be afraid to. The shoddy workmanship or perhaps scaling back on quality materials always comes back to haunt them. The theatre's were a thing of beauty. Unlike today's mass produced mini "stalls" that they use to show the films today. It was something to go to one of them and before the curtain rose you could look at interesting artifacts and columns that graced the walls. Today all you see is walls.
Amusement parks fail and they end up as business parks,parking lots or big box stores. The older parks were earthy,just a tad bit seedy but they were real. The blue collar people got to enjoy life there like the wealthy enjoyed their country clubs. In Chicago they had Riverview. Many a sailor from Great Lakes enjoyed his weekend there. Today's "amusements" are far too predictable. Yes they have rides but the cost of getting in makes it unreal for many families.
Why must we as a society rush to tear down the sturdy well built places and rebuild with something so very dull that some think is "upscale"? To me the places they consider eyesores are the real gems in this world.

[Archae]

5. Areas change. Buildings get torn down.

I'll give you two examples, from here in Sheboygan:

The Wisconsin theater, it was at the corner of Wisconsin Ave and 8th St.
I saw "Star Wars" for the first time there, in 1977.

Where it was, is now a parking lot.

The Stardusk Outdoor theater, on Sheboygan's south side:



The Stardusk opened in 1949, and could accomodate around 500 cars. Its screen tower was large, and yellow, with the name of the drive-in spelled out in red letters. The Stardusk closed in 1983, and was torn down a decade later. There is now housing on the site.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/7336

I have many fond memories of going there with my family as a kid, and I worked there as a projectionist in 1981 and 1982.

It's now a trailer park.

BUT...

Some good news, the "Sheboygan" theater was renovated and is now the Stefanie Weil center.

http://www.weillcenter.com/

They even still show movies!

[egduj]

6. I don't know, I think there's more than one movie theatre out there...

Even in Omaha.