Thursday, July 16, 2009

Independence's Englewood Theater To Re-Open As A First-Run Movie House



W
est of Independence-MO's famed Square are a number of neighborhoods that resemble the Main Streets of small-town America gone by.


Fairmount- Maywood and my favorite- Englewood. The Englewood neighborhood is situated west of Sterling along Winner Road.


According to The (Independence-MO) EXAMINER- the Englewood district at one time had "a bakery, movie theater, post office and several grocery stores."


Though few of any of those businesses survive today in big-box strip mall land- the Englewood Theater is slated to re-open as a first-run movie house.

Also planned are several improvements to the theater: the addition of 1 or 2 more screens and a retro-age coffee house.




The City of Independence for too long has spent it's tax dollars and energies on the area around Independence Center mall- it's about damn time the city leaders there gave some attention to western Independence- where the real history and charm lies.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Theater it's reopened as as a First-run movie house!! but previously it had bakeries and grocery shops now it's growing!!

Carol
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