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Our Theater

Name: Our Theater Street: 737 Leonard St NW

City: Grand Rapids State: MI Zip: Phone:

County: Kent

Operator: Butterfield Theatres

Open: 1928

Closed: N/A

Capacity:

Status: Unknown

Web Address: N/A

Notes: AKA: Civic

Number of visits to this page since February 23, 2007: 2201

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Entry Date: 12/10/2007 - Michael K. Kivinen: According to the Cinema Treasures site (http://cinematreasures.org/theater/13416/), Our Theater had a seating capacity of 1122 and closed in 1966.

Entry Date: 7/5/2006 - Michael K. Kivinen: My late mother, Eleanor Kivinen (nee McGinnis), managed Our Theatre in the 1950s. It was there that my parents met.

Entry Date: 3/19/2006 - David Kolenda: When the building was operating as a photo studio the auditorium floor was levelled flat to accomodate photo shoots. The projection booth is still there (all the equipment was removed long ago). There is a small patio next to the projection booth which originally served as a private viewing spot for the owners.

Currently, the owners live in a refurbished apartment upstairs and the auditorium space is used for equipment demos, photo shoots and scenic construction.
For more information: www.jshaa.com

Entry Date: 2/28/2005 - Scott Higbee: After the Our Threate closed in the Late 60s it was home for a short time in the 70s to the Grand Rapids Civic Theater(Now Located at the former Majestic Theater Site)

Entry Date: 5/28/2003 - Web: The OUR Theatre Building hosted a nightly vaudeville act during the 1920s.
It was later used as a photography studio.
In 1984, John and Mary Hyatt purchased the building.
With the Hyatts recent purchase of 60,000 square feet of nearby office & warehouse space, the OUR Theatre will
soon be appearing in another incarnation, this time as a fully equipped film studio.

Entry Date: 5/28/2003 - WaterWinterWonderland: This long closed theatre is now the home of John S. Hyatt and Associates, a firm that sells theatrical lighting and supplies.
I wonder if the auditorium is used to show off the product line!

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