LaParisien Theatre
(aka: Shafer-Garden City Theater)
Open: 1939 | Closed: 1980's | Capacity: 500
The front of the LaParisien/Shafer Theatre, 1940's
The La Parisien was built by Walter Shafer somewhere around 1939 and was opened as the Shafer-Garden City. It was the second theater that the Shafer family owned, the other being the Shafer-Wayne. The Shafer-Garden City was remodeled and renamed a short time after the Quo Vadis opened, sometime around 1966.
1966 Interior lounge of the LaParisien
The La Parisien was the areas first luxary indoor theater. The concept probably was the brainstorm of the Schafer family who owned many theaters in this area and were associated with the Ford-Wyoming drive in.
The Theatre front, 1964
The location is now offices and some retail including a military recruiting office. I'm sure most of the people that come here don't realize the Cinematic History that this location holds.
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