How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Glendale: distances, accepted)

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

I do not remember the bbq place but I do remember going bowling at the bowling alley (west side of Central). I think it became a thrift store and probably still is. Does anyone remeber the one indoor theatre on South Central West side of Central)? I cannot remember the name but maybe I can dig around and find a 1959 phone book I have. The theatre became a Salvation Army store and might still be one. There was also a skating rink that later became a thrift store but the building eventually burned down (East side of Central). My wife went there as a little kid.

We moved to southside in '61 and I don't remember a theater but then I was pretty young...I started going to the Fox/Paramount on the bus in about '63-64...I remember the Salvation Army in '67 as my dad was horrified that I purchased and army jacket there. I remember the skating rink up by Roser/Broadway area on Central...went there a couple of times.

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

I do not remember the bbq place but I do remember going bowling at the bowling alley (west side of Central). I think it became a thrift store and probably still is. Does anyone remember the one indoor theater on South Central West side of Central)? I cannot remember the name but maybe I can dig around and find a 1959 phone book I have. The theater became a Salvation Army store and might still be one. There was also a skating rink that later became a thrift store but the building eventually burned down (East side of Central). My wife went there as a little kid.

There was a Rio Theater about 4000 South Central.
Southern Bowling Lanes about 5600 S. Central.

[David Wendell]

Rio was the theatre. How amazing that Roosevelt has so much information and pictures too! Thank You. There was in indoor theatre in Sunnyslope also. It was on Dunlap between 7th St. and Central Ave. I think it ended up a shoe store or furniture store.

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

Rio was the theatre. How amazing that Roosevelt has so much information and pictures too! Thank You. There was in indoor theatre in Sunnyslope also. It was on Dunlap between 7th St. and Central Ave. I think it ended up a shoe store or furniture store.

That was the Pix Theater, it was also a clothing store. Located about 6th Street and Dunlap.

[AZDesertBrat]

Originally Posted by roosevelt

There was a Rio Theater about 4000 South Central.
Southern Bowling Lanes about 5600 S. Central.

We lived about halfway between those two places on Central Ave.. My sister and I went to that theatre nearly every Sat.. Last time I was in So. Phx. the old bowling alley was a thrift store. Likewise there was a BIG thrift store on the property my grandparents house was on. I think it's a cabinet company now.

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by roosevelt

There was a Rio Theater about 4000 South Central.
Southern Bowling Lanes about 5600 S. Central.

Definitely remember Southern Lanes...bowled my first game there and it was quite a hangout when I was in high school.

[David Wendell]

Who remembers the Riverside Ball Room. It was just South of the Salt River bed and on the East side of Central Avenue. We never went there but if I remember it had a pool and was rather classy. Later it became a place for different bands such as Bob Fite and his group (I cannot remember the group name, something like the Western Playboys maybe). When we would go by it I always would have liked to go but in those days we could not afford much of anything.

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

Who remembers the Riverside Ball Room. It was just South of the Salt River bed and on the East side of Central Avenue. We never went there but if I remember it had a pool and was rather classy. Later it became a place for different bands such as Bob Fite and his group (I cannot remember the group name, something like the Western Playboys maybe). When we would go by it I always would have liked to go but in those days we could not afford much of anything.

I went in one time in '68...I'm sure I was too young to appreciate it...it was just fun to get inside as I was only 15. Another one of those '60's experiences.

[desertskies]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

Who remembers the Riverside Ball Room. It was just South of the Salt River bed and on the East side of Central Avenue. We never went there but if I remember it had a pool and was rather classy. Later it became a place for different bands such as Bob Fite and his group (I cannot remember the group name, something like the Western Playboys maybe). When we would go by it I always would have liked to go but in those days we could not afford much of anything.

Bob Fite and the Western Playboys it was!

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[AZDesertBrat]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

Who remembers the Riverside Ball Room. It was just South of the Salt River bed and on the East side of Central Avenue. We never went there but if I remember it had a pool and was rather classy. Later it became a place for different bands such as Bob Fite and his group (I cannot remember the group name, something like the Western Playboys maybe). When we would go by it I always would have liked to go but in those days we could not afford much of anything.

I remember it. My aunts and uncles went there a LOT 'back in the day'.