Closed : klōzd : [adjective] : not open, or having ceased trading.
‘The Des Moines,’
was a neighborhood movie theater in the small, central
western Washington town of Des Moines,
nestled on the shores of Puget Sound’s
Poverty Bay.
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Opening its doors
to theater goers in the early spring of 1947 and seating 400,
it provided film entertainment for
over three generations.
The decor and stage remained
true to the 40’s era until it closed in 2012.
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Here,
late one night prior to closing,
the theater’s retro green neon sign shines almost eerily
out into the rainy night,
reflecting upon the red brick facade.
‘The,’ formed in neon Gothic Black Letter style, has gone out, rather
like the theater itself, sputter, blink, blink and gone.
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My hiatus is over and I am excited
to be back in the blogging groove again,
especially after having sold two images very recently,
one of some SeaLand chassis for a rotating website banner
and the other an early pre-dawn shot of CenturyLink field
for a Seattle quarterly magazine.
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Welcome back my friends!
I’m looking forward to seeing
your
‘Weekly Top Shot!’
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‘WEEKLY TOP SHOT’ #167
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Fantastic shot. Nothing more dramatic than lights at night.
It is so good to have you back – and congrats on selling the photos. I’ve checked from time to time, waiting for you to return. I love the light and how it reflects in your photo.
Thank you so much for connecting with me on Facebook! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this neon image! I don’t live where there’s much neon, but I might try capturing even an ‘Open’ sign. :-)
Love your cinema image very much, Magde and it’s so nice to see you back!!
Have a beautiful weekend.
xo, isabella
So glad you’re back and are ready to go! Your photo is quite eerily silent.
Loving the mood here!
Welcome back, Madge. Congratulations on the photo sales!
So glad you are back!
welcome back .. i have missed your photography and you
Great to have you back and what a wonderful post and fantastic nite shot!
Happy Weekend to you,
artmusedog and carol
So good to see you back!
So glad you decided to return. I really missed this! And I miss the Des Moines theater, too. I now live next town over, in Normandy Park. It was great.
There is just something about neon night shots, that I just love, and this one is great, Madge.
Congratulations on the sale of two photographs, and good to see you back here, my friend!
Welcome back “online”, Madge! It is good to hear that you’re doing fine, and congratulations on your sale of the photographs!
Your photo and this post is lovely salute to the grand old movie theatre!
Nice to see you and your memes again :)
Hi! Thanks for your invitation. Wishing you a nice sunday.
Welcome back and thanks for comment :-)
Its so sad, that the cinema-culture is down and so much are closed (ours is destroyed) – great picture with the green in the night!
welcome back, i browsed all your images back in Dec and they are as always beautiful.. i love the neon…
So glad to see you back, Madge!
so happy to hear from you, Madge!
great old sign. thanks for coming by! :)
I have great memories of sitting in a couple old theaters’ balconies and watching “Sinbad the Sailor…” movies. Old theaters are rich!
Super night shot Madge!
Glad to see you back.
I love the old movie theaters. So much more character than the new ones.
What a fantastic shot. And congrats on your picture sales!
Welcome back Madge, and thank you for contacting me to let me know you are up and running again. We have all missed your Top Shots.