Thursday, March 22, 2012
Dead Cinema: Esquire
Here's another three outtakes from my Dead Cinema photographic project. This time it is The Esquire in Hobart, Oklahoma. Built in the 1930s and known as the Kiowa, it saw a name change in the 1950s to Esquire. It closed in the late 1980s and has not been used for movies [or anything else] since.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
I like old abandoned buildings...there's sort of a mystery about the history....you just wonder what happened there....but I always think, "surely someone could use this for something" or use the land......have you ever seen the videos of them imploding buildings (like they did the old casinos in Vegas)? Always amazed me how they just fell inward....
Those videos are part fascinating and part sad. Mostly sad.
Great pics. I grew up in Hobart and have many fond memories of the Esquire. When it was still the Kiowa the barber shop was next door. My parents would drop me off with a dollar. Seventy-five cents for a haircut, ten cents admission, ten cent popcorn, and a nickel Coke. Saturday afternoon for a dollar. It doesn't get better than that.
The Esquire was the most modern movie theater in SW Oklahoma after the remodel. Right out of the Mad Men era with a wide-screen, pastel colors, and bold print fabrics on chairs and curtains. Thanks for the post.
Thanks for the stories about The Esquire Dude! Wish I could have seen a movie there.
Post a Comment