16450 Fort Street (Southgate, Michigan)
| Meijer #123 Gas Station | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Gas station |
| Location | 16450 Fort Street Southgate, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°11′20″N 83°11′16″W / 42.1888342°N 83.1877271°WCoordinates: 42°11′20″N 83°11′16″W / 42.1888342°N 83.1877271°W |
| Construction started | 1994 |
| Opened | August 30, 1994 |
| Owner | Meijer |
16450 Fort Street has been used as an address for two separate Southgate, Michigan buildings. The address is currently used for the gas station for Meijer 123.
History[edit | edit source]
| Southgate Theatre (1969–1974) Southgate Triple Theatre (1974–19xx) Southgate 4 (19xx–1986) AMC Southgate 4 Theatres (1986–1992) | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Cinema |
| Location | 16450 Fort Street Southgate, Michigan |
| Construction started | 1968 |
| Opening | October 8, 1969 |
| Closed | April 23, 1992 |
| Demolished | 1993 |
| Owner | Nicholas George Theatres (1969–1986) AMC Theatres (1986–1992) |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Louis Wiltse |
Nicholas George Theatres, which was already operating the neighboring Fort George Drive-In Theatre, purchased the site of what would become the Southgate Theatre in 1968. The Southgate Theatre opened on the evening of October 8, 1969, becoming the first indoor movie theater in the city of Southgate, with the recently-opened Western film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.[1]
Following the construction of two new theaters, the theater reopened for business on December 20, 1974. Southgate 1 reopened with the recently-opened action thriller film Earthquake, while Southgate 2 opened five days later on Christmas Day with the new buddy comedy film Freebie and the Bean, and Southgate 3 opened with the recently-released disaster film Airport 1975.[1]
At an unknown date, the original 1969 auditorium was split into two. In 1986, Nicholas George Theatres was sold to AMC Theatres, allowing AMC to expand into the Detroit area.[2]
After the property on which it situated was purchased by Meijer in December 1991, the AMC Southgate 4 Theatres closed on April 23, 1992, with the final showings being Beethoven and Straight Talk at 9:45 p.m. and Sleepwalkers and White Men Can't Jump at 10:00 p.m.[3] The theater building was demolished in 1993, and the Meijer #123 gas station opened on the Southgate 4 site on August 30, 1994.[4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Southgate 4, Cinema Treasures.
- ↑ "Metro Detroit's movie theater business model changes focus, then changes again", Crain's Detroit Business, June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Movie Guide, Detroit Free Press, April 23, 1992.
- ↑ Meijer Store Locations, meijer.com