Central Park Family Theater: Difference between revisions

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This article is about the 1925 theatre at 3207 Bessemer Road, for the cinema at 2909 Bessemer Super Highway, see Central Park Theatre.

The Central Park Family Theater opened on July 1, 1925 at 3207 Bessemer Road. Construction cost $30,000.

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (May 1925) "Industrial Activities". Birmingham. Vol. 1, No. 2

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-[[File:1957 Central Park Theatre.jpg|right|thumb|425px|Central Park Theatre in 1957]]
+:''This article is about the 1925 theatre at 3207 Bessemer Road, for the cinema at 2909 Bessemer Super Highway, see [[Central Park Theatre]].''
-The '''Central Park Theatre''' opened as the '''Central Park Family Theater''' on [[July 1]], [[1925]] at 3207 [[Bessemer Road]]. Construction cost $30,000.
+The '''Central Park Family Theater''' opened on July 1, [[1925]] at 3207 [[Bessemer Road]]. Construction cost $30,000.
-In the 1950s the theater served as a meeting place for the [[North Alabama Citizens Council]]. [[Asa Carter]] allegedly shot [[J. P. Tillery]] and [[Charles Bridges]] during a [[Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy|Federated Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy]] meeting at the theater on [[January 28]], [[1957]].
 ==References==
 * Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (May 1925) "Industrial Activities". ''Birmingham''. Vol. 1, No. 2
-* "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rg9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ysMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4579%2C14530031 So Now Klansmen Shoot Each Other]" (January 29, 1957) ''The Washington Afro-American'', p. 19
 [[Category:Bessemer Road]]
 [[Category:Former cinemas]]
-[[Category:Meeting spaces]]
 [[Category:1925 establishments]]
 [[Category:1925 buildings]]