I contacted JD Weeks who has researched Birmingham extensively and has published a book on Birmingham Then and Now and this was his response to the theater question and Pete's Hots Dogs. See below, Laura I know the locations of just about all the old movie and vaudeville houses. Have some pictures too. The old Pantages was originally built as a civic center building in 1890 and became the Bijou before becoming the Pantages. It later became the Birmingham Theatre and lasted until 1946. The Citizens Trust Bank is now located there on that site on the northeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 17th Street No. It is on page 70 of my new book, "Birmingham: Then & Now", which came out in April. In that book I have lots of the old buildings and places as they were 75 to 100 years ago and took pictures of what it looks like there today. I am downtown taking pictures all the time, was down there on Friday evening when I had a book signing at "Whats On Second"....and had some hotdogs from Pete's Famous as well. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com