This is how I remember the Esquire - great photo! Very sad to see the facade all bricked up now and the building empty. Spent many many hours at the movies here. Remember the “island” across the street at S Grand & MacArthur, with the Tom Thumb Grocery strore?
The “island” also contained a gas station, Marriott’s Drug Store and the Grand Barber Shop where Butch cut my hair for a quarter! On special Saturday matinees, you could get in the Esquire for two PepsiCola bottle caps. That was back in the ’40s. Double features with Abbott & Costello, a western and a Flash Gordon serial. What a great babysitter for mom!!
This is how I remember the Esquire - great photo! Very sad to see the facade all bricked up now and the building empty. Spent many many hours at the movies here. Remember the “island” across the street at S Grand & MacArthur, with the Tom Thumb Grocery strore?
Craig | Dec 12, 2007 | Reply
The “island” also contained a gas station, Marriott’s Drug Store and the Grand Barber Shop where Butch cut my hair for a quarter! On special Saturday matinees, you could get in the Esquire for two PepsiCola bottle caps. That was back in the ’40s. Double features with Abbott & Costello, a western and a Flash Gordon serial. What a great babysitter for mom!!
David Robinson | Dec 28, 2007 | Reply