Squirrel Hill Theater to Close its Doors
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:38AM Some unfortunate news to the moviegoing Squirrel Hill crowd: Squirrel Hill Theater, the neighborhood movie theater on Forward Avenue, will close its doors after nearly 75 years in business.
Richard Stern, the third-generation owner of the theater, announced the closing yesterday in a statement.
"It is with deep regret that I am faced with the decision to close the Squirrel Hill Theater. It is no longer an economically viable operation and we can no longer sustain the losses which we have experienced over the past two years," he said, representing the Stern Enterprises, his business which also owns several other local businesses.
For anyone who had the pleasure of simply walking down the street to the small, quaint theater, this closing represents just another unfortunate hole now in Squirrel Hill's main business district stretching from Forbes and Murray down to Forward and Murray. The theater represented a local, friendly feel, an alternative to larger corporate-owned theaters like the nearby AMC Lowes at the Waterfront.
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