The Roxy Theater - Denver, Colorado
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Big B Bob
N 39° 45.222 W 104° 58.776
13S E 501747 N 4400421
A once popular movie theater in Denver's Five Points neighborhood has fallen on hard times.
Waymark Code: WM6ACX
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2009
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from Cinema Treasures:
The Roxy Theater was an African-American theater that opened around 1934. I don't know when the theater closed but the building is currently used as a club called The Roxy.
from The Denver Post:
The Roxy is a historic landmark in Denver's cultural district of Five Points. Originally a movie theatre, it's now used as a bar/nightclub with a stage and booths as well as a dance-floor.
from The Westword (03/06/2006):
The Roxy Theater in Five Points is legendary as the only non-segregated movie house in town that would allow African-Americans to sit anywhere. Its most recent claim to fame was hosting all-ages hip-hop shows in 2001. Owner Charles Cousins, who caught ten-cent flicks at the Roxy as a boy, says the 504-seat theater has been leased to another operator who will begin hosting concerts there as soon as April.
Today:
Sometime recently, the Roxy Club closed and re-opened as the Pure nightclub. That club is now closed and the theater is now missing it's original vertical marquee.
Number of Screen(s): 1
Ticket Price (local currency): Not Listed
Matinee Price (local currency): Not Listed
Concessions Available: Not Listed
Web site: Not listed
Year Theater Opened: Not listed
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