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Center Theatre

Address: 240-42 Monroe St

City: Grand Rapids

State: MI

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County: Kent

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Owner History: Butterfield Theatres

Number of visits to this page: 7016

Notes: AKA: Isis

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9/9/2012 - Jim Fahlstedt

This was the Butterfield chain's exploitation theater in Grand Rapids. It always ran double features, and, in the fifties, mainly ran horror/slasher/Japanese monster films. This was a fine old vaudeville house on lower Monroe that had fallen on hard times and was still trying to stay in business until it was demolished in urban renewal. What a waste.

4/6/2011 - Ken

The theater was there until the renovation project for the city began back in the 60's. It stood were the city county buildings are presently.

1/28/2004 - WaterWinterWonderland

This theatre looks like it was built in the 20's or 30's. This picture from 1943 is interesting because it promotes air conditioning, a boon to many early theatres as during the summer months they proved to be a great place to cool off before AC became common in homes.

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OLD SHOT FROM 1943