Another restaurant to Blue Dome: Juniper

[swake]

The Mid town makes it's money from the theaters...guy's go in them to have sex!!! go to some of the gay crusing internet sites if you want to know what's going on in the theaters.

It's a gay theater? I had no idea.



....not that there's anything wrong with that..

[rdj]

Gawker via CNBC may have answered the question about the adult shop.

http://tinyurl.com/3cjs4tq

Link is somewhat NSFW.

[cannon_fodder]

I've never been in that shop, but it certainly isn't offensive from the outside and people don't seem to hang around it.  If someone goes in that's their business.  They were in the bluedome district when the bluedome itself was empty.

[AquaMan]

I think its the same operation that has been in Whittier Square at Admiral and Lewis for a long, long time. I think they changed their name to MidTown when it became fashionable and preferable to "sign of a decaying neighborhood".

[swampee]

Im not a fan of the shop but honestly never seen anyone go in it or hanging around it. I am very excited to see a restaurant going into that space.

[DowntownDan]

They were in the bluedome district when the bluedome itself was empty.

I think that's the problem I have with it.  It's a remnant of a time when that part of downtown was an abandoned ghost town with only a seedy porn theater.  The district has been revived.  I don't want to be reminded that just 5-10 years ago, it was a scary, shaddy part of downtown.  They made it look nicer on the outside.  If there really are theater's in there, a Studio Movie Grill, Magnolia, or Alamo Drafthouse would be perfect for that spot (after a through cleaning and bleaching of every square inch inside.)  If it really was just a Pricilla's type novelty shop, I could deal with it.  But the fact that there are theaters in there really skeeves me out.  Makes me think of Pee-Wee Herman doing his thing in the open theater.  Gross.

[Conan71]

I think that's the problem I have with it.  It's a remnant of a time when that part of downtown was an abandoned ghost town with only a seedy porn theater.  The district has been revived.  I don't want to be reminded that just 5-10 years ago, it was a scary, shaddy part of downtown.  They made it look nicer on the outside.  If there really are theater's in there, a Studio Movie Grill, Magnolia, or Alamo Drafthouse would be perfect for that spot (after a through cleaning and bleaching of every square inch inside.)  If it really was just a Pricilla's type novelty shop, I could deal with it.  But the fact that there are theaters in there really skeeves me out.  Makes me think of Pee-Wee Herman doing his thing in the open theater.  Gross.

So don't think of it.  They've got just as much a right to be down there as any other business does.  It doesn't seem to have fomented any crime in the area.

[Hoss]

So don't think of it.  They've got just as much a right to be down there as any other business does.  It doesn't seem to have fomented any crime in the area.

I'm glad you said it before I did.  On the two photowalks I've taken down that area, I've walked in front of that store both times.  I've never really seen anything too seedy or shady.  No windows, a little foot traffic that I detected.

[BKDotCom]

I'm with TheArtist.
The total lack of windows is very off-putting and acts as a confirmation that yes, this is a creepy/shady establishment.   Even the front door is a steel door without a single tiny window.
Seems like windows and marketing themselves as more of an adult/novelty/gag place would only be a good thing for them.

[TheTed]

That theater should be the least of our concerns. When all the buildings there are occupied with businesses that are open at night and weekends and when all the giant surface parking lots are converted to buildings, that's when I'll worry about the porn theater.

What better place for an adult-oriented business than downtown? Downtown should have a bit of everything. Downtown is no place for NIMBY-ism.

Also, I don't think it has actual theaters, does it? Just those little booths with TVs in them. Not that I would know.

[BKDotCom]

Also, I don't think it has actual theaters, does it? Just those little booths with TVs in them. Not that I would know.

I was walking by a few months ago and the side door was open and there was indeed a shady little theater in there.   Probably similar to the one PeeWee Herman visited.

[Townsend]

I was walking by a few months ago and the side door was open and there was indeed a shady little theater in there.   Probably similar to the one PeeWee Herman visited.

It has the neck protectors on the back of the chairs?

[Conan71]

It has the neck protectors on the back of the chairs?

Do I even want to know...?

[Townsend]

Do I even want to know...?

No, not really

[RecycleMichael]

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/12918