The Pure Michigan room has 188 seats the Olsen room has 44 seats.
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It was buoyed by a $500,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and aided in part by Hollywood filmmaker Michael Moore, who had also helped spur the community effort to bring back the State and Bijou movie theaters (in 20 respectively) in Traverse City.
Total rehabilitation and renovation cost $2.6 million it included new mechanical and plumbing systems, roofing, and a totally renovated interior. That year, the Manistee Downtown Development Authority purchased The Vogue property. The comeback: In 2010, a feasibility study funded through USDA Rural Development concluded that the building was structurally sound, and it could - and should - be restored to meet market demands, particularly as there were no movie theaters elsewhere in Manistee County. The Vogue Theatre was built in 1938 and was a northern Michigan variation on an Art Deco theme, with a deeply recessed entry and 935 seats. Alas, over the years it fell into disrepair and closed in 2006. Of the dozen we called, only a handful didn't respond of those that did, reports of growing ticket sales, community support, and repairs-in-motion look to promise more happy endings than tragic turns and cliffhangers. So how are our beloved community movie houses doing today? The answers might surprise you. COVID-19-related closures would deal an even tougher blow for some. In the latter part of the 20th century, many of our screens went dark as huge multiplexes and a rapidly expanding selection of cable channels, home entertainment systems, and gaming consoles seemingly sounded death knells for our small independent theaters.Ī few hung on while others closed, yet recent decades have seen several come back from the dead - helping to revive our downtowns and draw audiences to neighboring restaurants, shops, and bars even in the low-tourism months.īut as the years have pressed on and facilities have continued to age, some of those we thought were saved or safe - The Bay Theater in Suttons Bay, The State Theatre and Bijou in Traverse City, The Garden Theatre in Frankfort among them - revealed safe wasn't a forever state. That's proven especially true in northern Michigan. 21, 2021įor many small cities and towns, a key to a vibrant downtown has often been the draw of a movie theater. Small Towns, Big Screens, High Hopes Taking a tour - and the temperatures - of the North’s vintage movie houses By Ross Boissoneau | Aug.
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