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TOWN<br />
AKA: Pix<br />
13/New York NW<br />
March 28 th , 1959-February 1984<br />
Some added info on the Town theatre, built in<br />
1908 it opened as the Masonic Temple. A very<br />
elaborate building. It started showing movies in<br />
1908-1919, took them up again in 1941 to 1952<br />
<strong>and</strong> then again from 1959 to 1983 when it closed.<br />
In 1941 it went through a remodel <strong>and</strong> re-opened<br />
as the Pix. It reopened again in 1959 as the Town,<br />
thus getting its final name of the Town. KB<br />
Theatres took it over in 1982 <strong>and</strong> made 3 big<br />
mistakes<br />
1: raised the admission to $5.00<br />
2: Single features only<br />
3: cleared the auditorium after every show. KB<br />
sold it in 1983.<br />
The policy changed to themed shows, which sold<br />
out but it lost its lease in 1984.<br />
Owners:<br />
1968-1970 Walter Reade<br />
1982-1983 KB Theatres<br />
TOWN II<br />
AKA: Trans-Lux<br />
14th/H NW<br />
1973-1974<br />
TRANS-LUX<br />
AKA: Town II<br />
14th/H NW<br />
November 1936-1972<br />
Trans-Lux owned it. Booked by Br<strong>and</strong>t in later<br />
years. Admission was about a third more than the<br />
big movie palaces.<br />
U. S. NAVY MEMORIAL BURKE<br />
THEATER<br />
701 Pennsylvania NW<br />
2011-<br />
<strong>WASHINGTON</strong> <strong>MOVIE</strong> <strong>THEATRES</strong> AND <strong>DRIVE</strong>-<strong>INS</strong> | movie-theatre.org
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