Commenting on our recent post about Oiselle Running, a new tenant at the Pacific Color building, My Green Lake reader “seattler0cks” shared a very cool set of images (click to view):

NE 71st St at Woodlawn Ave NE Today:  The Pacific Color Building

NE 71st St at Woodlawn Ave NE Then:  The Green Lake Theatre, 1937

Wow!  The Green Lake Theater was gorgeous.

From HistoryLink.org:

On August 5, 1937, the Green Lake Theater opens its doors in the heart of the Green Lake business district. [ ... ]

Acclaimed as one of the Northwest’s finest theaters with its Mirrophonic sound, air conditioning, and a capacity of 750 patrons — “every seat a loge chair” — the new Green Lake Theater was one of several north end neighborhood theaters to open during the Depression, providing momentary escape from the daily drear of economic hard times.

The first feature film shown at “The Show Place of Seattle” was 3 Smart Girls, with Deanna Durbin.

The local-independent theater remained in business until 1950 when, once again, the movie screen in Green Lake neighborhood faded to darkness.

Green Lake Theater | Copyright seattlepi.com | Used with permission

Thanks, seattler0cks!