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Mar 9, 2024 · If you're a longtime resident of metro Phoenix — we're talking several decades or more — you remember the original Cine Capri Theatre. The iconic 16,500-square-foot cinema located at 24th ...
- Casablanca. While most of this classic tale of love and longing was shot in a studio in Van Nuys, California, one of the film's hotel scenes was shot in Flagstaff's Hotel Monte Vista, which was a common lodging spot for famous actors during Hollywood's golden age.
- Dead Man. This Jim Jarmusch flick explores the spiritual realm and features one of Johnny Depp's more trippy roles. It only makes sense to shoot in a place like Sedona, known for its vortexes and mysticism.
- Forrest Gump. Although Forrest Gumpwas shot pretty much all over the country, Arizona's Twin Arrows provided the landscape for the famous scene where Forrest helps invent the smiley face logo.
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Believe it or not, Page has been a popular spot for filming movies and television shows. One of the most iconic films to be shot there is the second Indiana Jones movie, which was perfect for simulating mountainous desert regions in India.
- The Fox Theatre
- The Hotel Adams
- The Fleming Building
- Hotel Luhrs
- Circles Building
- Roosevelt St.
- The Sahara Motor Inn
- Hotel St. James
- Industrial Congress Building
Once the grandest movie theater in Phoenix, the Fox Theatre was completed in 1931 at Washington and First streets in the "zigzag Moderne" style. The 800-seat theater was the firsttheater to provide air-conditioning in Arizona. The theater had a curved floating staircase, crystal chandeliers and elaborate frescos in the lobby. By 1975, the city had ...
The Hotel Adams was the unofficial meeting place of the Legislature for decades. The hotel was built in 1910 at Adams Street and Central Avenue to replace the original 1896 hotel building, which burned down. The five-story concrete hotel was imploded in the 1970s and replaced by the Renaissance Phoenix Hotel, which recently became a Marriott.
Completed in 1883 by James Fleming on the northwest corner of Washington Street and First Avenue, this lauded building had a basement bowling alley and lasted almost 100 years. Two rooms of the building were also home to Phoenix's first public library. It was torn down in the 1980s to make way for the high-rise now home to Wells Fargo.
The pioneering family that built the commercial Luhrs Building and Luhrs Tower diagonally across Central Avenue and Jefferson Street first erected this building, on the northeast corner. It was torn down in 1981.
Most of the 1947 Circles building at Central Avenue and Garfield Street was demolished in 2016by Aspirant Development to make away for an apartment high rise called The Stewart. After outrage from city and historic preservation leaders, the developer kept the front of the building that started as Stewart Motor Co. MORE:After partial demolition of C...
The building that was home to Arizona's oldest gay bar, 307 Lounge, and then the campaign headquarters of former Mayor Phil Gordon was built in 1938. It was torn down in 2015 to make way for the apartment complex iLuminate.
Marilyn Monroe stayed at this hotel at First and Taylor streets when she shot the movie "Bus Stop" in the 1950s. The hotel built in 1956 became a Ramada Inn, which was torn down to make way for an Arizona State University parking lot. Now the site is home to ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. MORE: These movies were filmed in Phoenix and you...
The hotel, built in 1928 at Madison and First streets, was mostly demolished in 2012 to make way for parking. The front and lobby of the hotel was preserved.
The building at Central Avenue and Madison Street, also known as the Luhrs Central building, was constructed in 1914. The city of Phoenix bought it and several nearby buildings to turn them into a mixed-use project. The Industrial Congress building was torn down in 2014 to make way for the Luhr's City Center that includes a new Marriott tower hotel...
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6 days ago · Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 1h 55m | In cinemas Mar 29. The almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla are pitted against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own. Watch Trailer Cast & Crew Movie Times Rating.
85004. Opened in July 30, 1931, this was one of S. Charles Lee’s largest and most elaborate creations in the sharp-edged, abstract zig-zag Moderne style. A special feature in its lobby was the row of streetlights alongside the staircase, topped with glass disks and spun in silver globes on the end of 15-foot uprights, outlined by the delicate ...
Mar 9, 2023 · Raising Arizona (1987) Much like its name might suggest, Raising Arizona features LOTS of locations across the state! That includes Camelback Mountain, Lost Dutchman State Park, Sun Devil Stadium ...
Orpheum Theatre Phoenix. May 31, 2024 7:00 PM. View Seating Chart. More Information. TICKET PRICES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE REGULAR: $39.00 / $29.00 / $19.00 ADA: $19.00 VIPADA: $129.00 TICKET SALE DATES REGULAR / ADA / VIPADA Public Onsale: March 15, 2024 10:00 AM to May 31, 2024 5:30 PM. Join the Cast of The Sandlot, in person, to see the classic ...
