Sad to say that most of the theatres are gone now. The Carver was restored and houses the Jazz Hall of Fame as well as a performance space for some events in the city. Of course, everyone knows about the Alabama and its success - it is truly beautiful! The only other theatre that's still standing is the Lyric. There have been efforts for a number of years to restore it; I think there has been some progress recently, but, having seen it about ten years ago, it will take tons of money and quite a bit of work to put it in any sort of condition to open to the public. As I understand it, it was built as a performance theatre to begin with and saw a number of famous personalities on its stage. I thought the Strand was on 1st Avenue near the older Britlings; it was the first of the movie theatres in my time to go. During the late-1960's and 1970's, the Melba, Empire and Ritz were still presenting first run movies - all gone to parking lots now! Someone who remembers better than me, let me know about the Strand and its location. My mother would never let me go there - reports of rats were pretty common during the 1950's & 60's! May not have been true, but I remember hearing about it a lot - made me want to stay away! ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com