Type Theater Roof 171 feet (52 m) Opened 1936 Architect John Jacob Zink | Completed 1936 Height 52 m Phone +1 202-966-5401 | |
Location Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States Address 3426 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA Similar Chevy Chase Theater, AFI Silver, Bethesda Theatre, AMC Hoffman Center 22, Cleveland Park station |
The Uptown Theater, also known as The Uptown or AMC Loews Uptown 1, is a historic single-screen movie theater in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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History
Opened on October 29, 1936, the theater has hosted many Hollywood premieres and is widely considered "the best screen" in its metro area. The theater was designed by architect John Jacob Zink, whose firm designed over 200 theaters across the United States. Nothing remains of the original decor. The theater originally seated 1,120, but a $500,000 renovation in 1996 decreased capacity to 850.
The Uptown has a curved, 70 feet (21 m) long and 40 feet (12 m) high screen, one of the largest in the area.
In December 2010, the theater's Norelco 35mm/70mm projector was dismantled and replaced with a Christie Dual-Projector 3D system for the opening of Tron: Legacy.