05-27-2022, 04:07 PM
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#1901
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Originally Posted by Jordan!
I still have a dream about Sizzling Wok every 6months. Malaysian style Sate that i just haven't had anything close to in that style.
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That place was excellent.
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05-27-2022, 04:28 PM
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#1902
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First Line Centre
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I recall dining at the restaurant on the top of the old circular Summit Hotel in the 60s and watching the singing group, "the Ink Spots". I think we were on the 9th or 10th floor and could look over the top of the city, as it was one of the highest buildings at the time.
Also I recall one of the favorite places to go dancing at the time was the "Isle of Capris", also known by some as the "Pile of Debris".
I miss the old smaller town atmosphere of the 60s, when everyone in the oil patch knew who the movers and shakers were, and the small oil stocks could double or move up by a factor of 10 times overnight, with a sudden discovery.
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05-27-2022, 04:36 PM
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#1903
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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It wasn't just the secretaries being pumped and dumped back in the day!
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05-27-2022, 04:54 PM
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#1904
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First Line Centre
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I also remember one winter sometime in the 70s, when someone rented a community hall in SW Calgary, and charged admission to watch some "bluevy movies". The place was raided by the cops and 100+ guys climbed out the basement window leaving their overcoats. The next morning everyone was watching to see who came to work without their overcoat.
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05-27-2022, 05:12 PM
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#1905
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Swift
Looking through this movie theatre website, specifically at the closed locations - http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/...lberta/calgary
Where was Southland Cinema, apparently located at Southland & MacLeod? Looking at the aerial maps of the time, I don't see an obvious cinema-like building, unless it was just a dinky thing?
Also where was the Southcentre cinema located in the mall?
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that is a neat site to look at , I'm specifically interested in the section with the dates
lots of talk already in this thread about the Southland/Southport theaters
as someone growing up in the SW this pretty much checks out
Southcenter 1986-1999
Studio 82 1966-1986
Chinook Center (v1) 1965-1990
Southland 1981-2001
so I guess there wasn't much overlap between Studio 82 closing and Southcenter opening
for much of the late 70s to late 80s there would have been two or three of these options- we'd rarely venture downtown for a fancy movie
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05-27-2022, 08:03 PM
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#1906
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Was there a cinema in Chinatown? I remember going on a "I didn't know it was a date" with a girl and watching a Chinese movie, which I swear was in Chinatown.
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It was above Sakana Grilll wasn't it?
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05-29-2022, 01:10 PM
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#1907
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Southland cinema was at the base of one of the office buildings on the south side of Macleod, I believe.
The theater in Southcentre was where Crate and Barrel and Craft are now.
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And the Southcentre cinema was converted from the Safeway that was there until Food For Less opened (where the Safeway is now). It was the most luxurious theater in the south and maybe the city, when it opened.
Esso Plaza moved to $2 movies in its last few years.
Showcase Grand downtown showed first run movies until mid 80s when it shut down too.
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05-29-2022, 01:23 PM
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#1908
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Calgary
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Man, that video on the first post brought back a lot of memories. I memorized the whole song to Hercules just by virtue of watching it all the time.
I miss Joe's Diner in Market Mall, sitting in the antique cars, playing a tune on the Juke Box, and having those giant hotdogs that they probably lost money on.
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05-29-2022, 04:02 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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Sothcentre was the nicest for sure in the early 90s, second I think was Bankers Hall until Westhills opened in 1997, then that was the best one (reclining seats!). Then Chinook in 98 and the Coliseum in 1999.
Esso Plaza and Southland in the 90s were run down, but fun to go downtown as a kid. Southland I think was North side of building.
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05-29-2022, 04:33 PM
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#1910
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Sothcentre was the nicest for sure in the early 90s, second I think was Bankers Hall until Westhills opened in 1997, then that was the best one (reclining seats!). Then Chinook in 98 and the Coliseum in 1999.
Esso Plaza and Southland in the 90s were run down, but fun to go downtown as a kid. Southland I think was North side of building.
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I recall Eau Claire being right up at the top of the list for theatres in the mid to late 90s.
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05-29-2022, 05:00 PM
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#1911
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evil of fart
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The worst theater was Marketmall. No legroom whatsoever.
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05-29-2022, 05:00 PM
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#1912
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by browna
And the Southcentre cinema was converted from the Safeway that was there until Food For Less opened (where the Safeway is now). It was the most luxurious theater in the south and maybe the city, when it opened.
Esso Plaza moved to $2 movies in its last few years.
Showcase Grand downtown showed first run movies until mid 80s when it shut down too.
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What was the Safeway building next to Southcenter before it was Food for Less?
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05-29-2022, 05:44 PM
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#1913
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Sothcentre was the nicest for sure in the early 90s, second I think was Bankers Hall until Westhills opened in 1997, then that was the best one (reclining seats!). Then Chinook in 98 and the Coliseum in 1999.
Esso Plaza and Southland in the 90s were run down, but fun to go downtown as a kid. Southland I think was North side of building.
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Crowfoot was top of the list for a while. It was first with stadium seating and curved screens. I seem to recall seeing Speed 2 there when it first opened.
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05-29-2022, 06:00 PM
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#1914
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by Calgary14
What was the Safeway building next to Southcenter before it was Food for Less?
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Nothing. It was purpose-built in the mid-80s.
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05-29-2022, 06:01 PM
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#1915
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Swift
Spotted in Canyon Meadows today. No idea if it's contemporary or a more recent addition.
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Just noticed this, I have a homerun ball from Alex Rodriguez as a Cannon, I wish now I could have had it signed
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05-29-2022, 06:11 PM
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#1916
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Swift
Spotted in Canyon Meadows today. No idea if it's contemporary or a more recent addition.
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Is that Babbling Brook?
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05-29-2022, 06:30 PM
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#1917
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Southland played first run movies.
The theatre was awful. The floor sloped up to the screen, so you were guaranteed a blocked view no matter where you were.
We tried to avoid it whenever we could, but Jurassic Park played there.
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That's sounds terrible.
I first watched Jurassic Park at the old North Hill theatre, I think it's capacity was about 900-1000 seats, huge screen and a great theatre experience,
it was the first film I saw with DTS Audio (which ended up costing me a fortune in buying home theater stuff later)
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05-29-2022, 07:30 PM
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#1918
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
Is that Babbling Brook?
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Not quite, you can see it here between the two white cars -
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CeUifASrExxBn6aRA
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05-29-2022, 07:35 PM
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#1919
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Scoring Winger
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Nice!
That park is a classic though. Can't think of another community with a park like that.
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05-29-2022, 10:10 PM
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#1920
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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Originally Posted by troutman
Used to be an Earls right beside it.
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Wasn’t it Cannery Row first or was that a different restaurant all together?
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