tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303856.post9096912178011149164..comments2023-09-24T05:51:03.030-05:00Comments on It's Jim: In 1929, something to take your mind off the Depression.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07948285006605333380noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303856.post-56874053688024682472009-04-24T14:41:00.000-05:002009-04-24T14:41:00.000-05:00I remember even as a child, attending the Fox Thea...I remember even as a child, attending the Fox Theater. It was strictly a movie venue at that time. I took a streetcar that ran up and down Grand Avenue. Grand Avenue was also where I went to the old Sportsman Park to watch my favorite team, the St. Louis Browns..American League. Ahh, old, old, memoriesmonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396662015688569038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303856.post-15166124618748522902009-04-22T12:40:00.000-05:002009-04-22T12:40:00.000-05:00I wish more theaters would be built this way. Most...I wish more theaters would be built this way. Most new theaters are boring pieces of poo.stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332368314010617781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303856.post-69279848997779590002009-04-21T01:56:00.000-05:002009-04-21T01:56:00.000-05:00sleep -- the oddest thing is that the lobby is ear...sleep -- the oddest thing is that the lobby is earthquake-proof -- Fox's wife helped designed it. She lived in California so she thought everywhere had continuous earthquakes.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948285006605333380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18303856.post-57191992075539282422009-04-20T15:07:00.000-05:002009-04-20T15:07:00.000-05:00The good news is that he kept people employed buil...The good news is that he kept people employed building the huge and rather ostentatious theaters. The bad news is that no one could afford to go see the movies.sleepyrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556386790797148742noreply@blogger.com