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4302 TACOMA MALL BLVD, TACOMA
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- 2 images. Tacoma Mall Theater Forman United Theaters, Inc., builder Geo. T. Nowak, arch. Ernest W. Hahn, contr. -original capacity of 1,200 -cost of $1 million -"West Coast's longest snack bar" (72 ft.) -"Cinerama" film capability -"Washington's theater of tomorrow" -ground breaking 10/25/1966 -opened 5/16/1968 with "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner starring Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy" -bldg. divided into two theaters in 1974 and renamed the Tacoma Mall Twins -closed 7/7/2002
- TNT 1/9/1966 p.B14 Mall plans 1,000 seat theater (sketch)
- TNT 10/26/1966 p.D14,D15 (il of ground breaking)
- TNT 2/12/1967 p.A20 permits
- TNT 6/18/1967 p.B7 (permit taken by Pacific Service Co.)
- TNT 7/9/1967 p.C21 1,200 seat Mall film theater set
- TNT 7/16/1967p.B15 To be built soon (sketch)
- TNT 11/29/1967 p.A1 Construction worker dies
- TNT 3/8/1968 p.D4 Mall theater planning to open May 16
- TNT 4/18/1968 p.B15 Mall theater open set for May 16 (il)
- TNT 5/8/1968 p.D13 "First night" Mall Theater sale opens
- TNT 5/9/1968 Mall Theater opening week away
- TNT 5/11/1968 p.9 Opening Tacoma Mall Theater show is sell-out
- TNT 5/12/1968 p.D13 Mall theater opening set (ad,il)
- TNT 5/13/1968 p.8 Mall Theater official tells of refinements
- TNT 5/14/1968 New Mall theater to be best in West (special supplement) (sketch)
- TNT 5/16/1968 p.C6 Film stars to shine at Mall opening
- TNT 5/17/1968 p.A1 Stars and GIs -- mutual admiration
- TNT 7/23/1974 Hugh Downs here to promote movie
- TNT 11/27/1974 Theater on Mall divided (remodeling by North Coast Construction Co., contr.)
- TNT 10/23/1996 p.A1 One injured in theater shooting
- TNT 6/28/2002 p.F1 It's official: Tacoma Mall Twin to go
- TNT 7/2/2002 p.E4 ... set for final screenings on Sunday
- TNT 7/7/2002 p.E1 Landmark theater closing doors (interior il of chandeliers) T.Daily Index 7/9/2002 p.1 Last picture show (il)
- TNT 12/12/2002 p.B1 Chandeliered movie palace is no more (il of demolition)
- Year Built: 1968
- Decade Built: 1960s
- Demolished: 2002
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Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune
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