5 Points Theater - Riverside, Jacksonville, Florida
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macleod1
N 30° 18.878 W 081° 40.844
17R E 434552 N 3353846
This originally opened in 1927 as the Riverside Theater. It was the first theater equipped to show talking pictures in Florida and the third nationally.
Waymark Code: WM3DHH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2008
Views: 152
The theater did not make it and closed during the 1930's and re-opened as a neighborhood movie house only to close again in the 1940's. The theater was remodeled and re-opened in 1949 but this time with a new name, Five Points Theater. It was one of the first in Jacksonville to provide a smoking lounge with push back seats. The theater later provided Cinerama and stereophonic.
Over the years this has been a the original theater, the River City Playhouse, Club5 a, nightclub and is now destined to become a restaurant and lofts, office and retail space.
This theater is now closed and for sale.
Number of Screen(s): 1
Web site: [Web Link]
Year Theater Opened: Not listed
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
Concessions Available: Not Listed
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