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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
EX 5 JUL 1988 FA-1
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
7-5-1988
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negative
Description
Exterior view of the Fine Arts Cinema, 627 Congress Street, from east. Afghan Restaurant (631 Congress Street) at left.
Formerly a Loews movie theater, the Fine Arts was primarily an X-rated theater through the 1970s and 1980s. The Fine Arts closed in 1998, and in 1999 the building became home to The Skinny (see photo at this link), a music club and lounge, followed by Geno's.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 5 July 1988
Recommended Citation
"Fine Arts Cinema, 1988" (1988). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 445.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/445
Keywords
Portland, Me., West End, Businesses, Congress Street