Title	Interior of the Barberton Lake Theater, 1994
Subject	Theaters Barberton Interiors Buildings
Description	Interior photograph of the Barberton Lake Theater at Fifth Street and West Tuscarawas Avenue, Barberton, Ohio.
Creator	Tople, Paul
Contributors	Akron Beacon Journal
Date	May 4, 1994
Time period	1990s
Type	image
Format	3 x 5 in.
Source	Barberton_City_Lake_Theater_2a.jpg
Verso Transcription	Theater plays lead in city's revitalization / Downtown Barberton to celebrate opening of eight-screen movie house / Wed. 5-4-94 / By Katie Byard / Beacon Journal staff writer / Barberton: Many communities wouldn't uncork the champagne bottles over a new movie house. But in downtown Barberton, the opening of an eight-screen movie theater downtown is a big event. The grand opening May 11 will feature a cocktail reception, a ribbon-cutting, comments from Mayor Randy Hard - and oh, yes, first-run movies. Why all the hoopla? The invitation-only celebration "is more than just about the theater. Hopefully, the theater is the beginning of a rebirth of downtown" said Jim Krivanek. Krivanek, 41, is the owner of a Barberton foundry, and investor in the project and the one who, perhaps more than anyone else, has nursed the downtown rehabilitation project for three years. The theater - built in and around the vintage 1938 Lake Theater at Fifth Street and West Tuscarawas Avenue - will quietly open to the public on Friday, allowing the operator to work out any bugs. Officials in the aging industrial city, figuring that a revitalized downtown can boost the city's image and economic fortunes, / See MOVIE, Page D7 / Barberton Lake Theater
Relation	Akron Beacon Journal Photograph Collection
About the Collection	This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.
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Date created	April 24 2015
Date modified	May 08 2015

Interior of the Barberton Lake Theater, 1994

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