What does DTK need?

[panamaniac]

I'm old enough to remember when there were four movie houses in DTK, a bowling alley, a number of bars, etc - it was busy at night, especially on weekends.  Add in the teenagers/twenty somethings cruising up and down King St and it could feel very lively indeed in the evening.

Just as fun exercise for myself I tried to remember the old theatres in downtown. I can remember these theatres at one time or another. I don't remember a bowling alley though, where was it?

Odeon, Lyric, Capitol, Hyland, Fox, Cineplex, and King's College

Odeon, Lyric, Capitol, and Fox were the originals, although the Cineplex opened back in the 70s (Hyland too?).

Going back to the original "was DTK busy" - if you go back even further, to the 1930s and 1940s, there was also the old Auditorium on Queen.   Super popular spot for roller skating, skating, and dances, I'm told.