Cinema Theater (Rochester, New York)
The Cinema Theater is a motion picture theater in Rochester, New York. Opened as a neighborhood motion picture theater since 1914, it is one of the oldest continuously operated motion picture theaters in the United States.[1] The theater is located at the corner of South Clinton Avenue and South Goodman Street in Rochester. Originally named "The Clinton", but due to a circular arrangement of wooden benches with an open area in the middle, it was affectionately referred to as the "flea pit”, a name which stuck for many years — and long after the original dirt floor was covered and the benches were replaced with seats.[1] In 1949 it was renamed the Cinema by its owners, Morris Slotknick and Philip Cohen, and four years later it was enlarged to extend a full city block, and its distinctive Art Deco facade installed.[2] The business was acquired by Jo Ann Morreale in 1985.[1] After helping the theater financially for some years, John Trickey acquired the theater in 2012.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 History of the Cinema Theater
- ↑ Rochester Times Union newspaper, September 12, 1953, article by Hamilton S. Allen
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