Business & Tech

What Should Go Here? Old Movie Theater

The Towne Cinema space has been unused for years.

It's been a movie theater, a dance studio and Nickle and Dime recording studio.

Now it's one more empty business in the middle of downtown Avondale.

The old Towne Cinema theater no longer advertises the latest movie on its marquee. Instead, it says For Lease.

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Last August a businessman asked the city for a conditional use permit to turn the space into a video recording facility, but that never happened, city officials said.

The building looks like it has plenty of potential. What kind of business or enterprise would you like to see there?

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About this column: Every week or so, we'll post a picture of a vacant store or lot in Decatur and Avondale Estates. You can tell us what you think should replace the empty space. Know of an empty building we should highlight? E-mail ralph.ellis@patch.com.

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