[PRCo] Re: July 4th, 1982

[Edward H. Lybarger]

That would have been the "Denis" Theater.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
Schneider
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:10 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: July 4th, 1982

Two (long) comments, Ken:

1)  My father, who came from Marietta, Ohio, via Cleveland to Pittsburgh to
finish his college education at Carnegie Tech in 1928 remembered that they
were trying to patch the Smithfield Street  
Bridge together then.   Hmmm.   It's still standing and we're  
worrying about the Birmingham Bridge from 1971?

2)  The Dennis theater in Mount Lebanon shows in one of the links.  I
remember going in there in the 1980s and discovering they had it set up the
projection rooms to show an entire movie spooled on one flat disc so that
the projectionist could work all sorts of different screening booths.
(Conventional technology used 20-minute reels of  
35mm film.)   Now we've gone to digital.   This spring I saw a  
digital remake of the MGM film Singin' in the Rain on the big screen (big
meaning a 250 seat theater, not 2,500 like they used to be) and  
it was surprisingly good.   The first time I saw that 1952 film was  
in the 5,933 seat Radio City Music Hall in New York City.  It was nice to
see the old Pacific Electric Birney again on stage instead of bleached in
the sun at Orange Empire.


On Jul 26, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Ken & Tracie wrote:

> I was wrong about the number....it was a 1600 renumbered as 1787...and 
> both front door sets were open. You can see it heading through an 
> intersection, front doors open. It was a humid evening, maybe the open 
> doors caused a nice breeze through the car.
>
> We were visiting from Milwaukee and we rode a "real" 1700 downtown and 
> back.
> My girlfriend was terrified by the various bridges. I didn't bother to 
> tell her the Smithfield Street Bridge was the only one to worry 
> about.....
>
> K.
>
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt409.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt405.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt406.htm
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> http://www.davesrailpix.com/pitts/htm/pitt411.htm
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