Abandoned In 1987, NE Minneapolis's Hollywood Theatre Now Has New Lease On Life

By Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS Minnesota

August 18, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS -- An old, single-screen movie house tucked in a northeast Minneapolis neighborhood is starting its next act, after one man took on the massive project to bring the Hollywood Theatre back from the dead.

For decades, the Hollywood Theatre at 2815 Johnson Street was anything but glamorous. Abandoned and shuddered, the one-time darling of the neighborhood long ago fell out of favor. With the advent of VHS, many single-screen theatres faded to black.

Just because a building is on the National Register of Historic Places, doesn't mean anyone is forced to come to its rescue. But in fact, someone did.

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