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Stuart G

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2. Lots of movie theaters had grand entrances...One where I grew up, The Avalon, at Stony Island and ..

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Thu Oct 28, 2021, 05:04 PM

Oct 2021

79th street was incredible...And When I went there as a kid, I had no idea on how special the lobby & the theater were
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....It was just one place to view first run movies....Oh well, that is something from the past...First Run, Second Run and
Third Run movie theaters....Wait...is there such a thing as a ....Movie Theater? these days?again it is

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