![]() In the 2000’s I’d stop by and check on the empty cinema when enjoying Miami Springs events such as the River Cities Festival. and at the end discovered, oh, the entrance to a defunct cinema! At the time the glass doors were not covered with paper and I could peer through to identify the remains of a concession stand across a dusty lobby, like I’m a movie theater archaeologist. I felt attracted to the look of the Clune/Stadnik building, then the adjacent Parkway Shops, at which I was drawn in to this store-lined hallway that beckoned me to see where it leads…. I first visited Miami Springs sometime in the 1990’s, where I was surprised to encounter a downtown environment with somewhat of a hometown feeling different from the rest of Miami-Dade County, arranged around a traffic circle and continuing on the streets radiating from it. (Check out some old photos and comments from people sharing memories.) “Farewell to the Circle Theater in Miami Springs” Facebook page from the Miami Springs Historical Society. “Going, Going, Gone” (A page of demolition process photos on .) The Circle Theater was demolished, along with the Parkway Shops building in front of it that included the hallway leading up to the theater’s entrance, starting the final week of December 2019: ![]()
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