"The great glories so many people are proud of-palaces, factories, and monuments, the emblems with which we identify-are nothing more than relics of an extinguished civilization."
"Ultimately, the UA Theater was a colossal failure. Even with eight screens and a total of 3,700 seats, the three-story complex was never able to land the big-name films."
"As usual, the RDA didn't want to work with any local cultural organizations like the Camera Theatres, institutions much loved by the people who already lived downtown."
"It opened in 1996. It closed in 1999."
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