When Salt Lake had domed movie theaters known as "The Boobs"
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Deseret News, Nov. 8, 1969. Image via the Utah Digital Newspapers Archive, the University of Utah
I recently noticed a cool old sign — one of many that adorn the streets of Salt Lake — and soon learned of a famous landmark of yore: The Boobs.
- This is Old News, where we fumble each week with the bra clasps of Utah's history.
Catch up quick: If you bounce up 3300 South, you'll see three yellow balls atop a neglected sign east of the Cinemark Century Salt Lake 16.
- Turns out the movie theaters that used to be there were a bit ... perkier.
Flashback: The first dome opened as the Century 21 cinema in 1967, when movie theaters mostly had one screen per building, with auditorium-like seating capacity.
Two years later, the theater expanded with a second dome nearby, named Century 22.
- We probably don't need to explain the resultant branding issue.
The bottom line: The theaters were there until 1998, when the domes were demolished to make way for the parking lot next to the current theater, according to the website Cinema Treasures.
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