Pretty Gritty Tours
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Sunday 31 May 2026 04:45:32 GMT
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littlejoe :
Tacoma Mall Theatre had a 72-foot snack bar. The chandelier inflation over the last 50+ years, $6,000 in 1968 is roughly $56,000 today. but If they were taken down and put up for auction today, a realistic appraisal for the set would likely be $10,000 to $12,000 per chandelier. But in terms of historical equity and pure replacement cost, they are easily $50,000 pieces of living Northwest history hanging in Lakewood
2026-05-31 05:25:47
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Robbie Sanders Baile :
I thought you meant the Lakewood Theater here in Tacoma, I didn't realize you meant California! I wish they were still local, such good memories of the Tacoma Mall Theater...
2026-05-31 09:41:24
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DarleneO :
Saw many movies there❤️
2026-06-03 22:09:30
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yeahguystimes :
Saw The Empire Strikes Back there
2026-05-31 05:18:53
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Abbi :
I went down a rabbit hole about the chandeliers and the Starlight theater. It seems the Starlight (located in Lakewood, California) is actually a twin to the Tacoma mall theater! It opened with the same chandeliers and is still intact today. However, at least one chandelier was saved from the Tacoma mall theater as there is one at the Showbox Sodo.
2026-05-31 08:16:37
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MachetePhil :
The Showbox bought a couple of the chandeliers. There is one hanging near the bar at Showbox Sodo
2026-05-31 20:19:37
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OldRedBeard :
I saw E.T., The Goonies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Ghostbusters there. It’s wild to think that back then that most theaters only played a couple movies. There was a movie theater in Parkland too near Pacific Ave and Garfield and another one in Lakewood on South Tacoma way near Steilacoom Blvd.
2026-05-31 13:30:52
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Steelerfan_68❌️ :
The chandelier was beautiful
2026-06-02 21:12:22
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Sonny Spencer :
Me. I remember the chandelier
2026-06-02 22:46:37
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John M :
Miss Tacoma mall twin theater
2026-06-01 04:40:24
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traceygiovannini :
OMG yes I was there so many times
2026-06-02 07:07:38
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Rick :
I did the first Dolby Stereo calibration there when I worked post production on "Top Gun". I had to watch that movie in that theater 7 times in 3 days. Good times! 😁
2026-06-01 14:11:34
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Jennifer McGuire :
When I moved here in sixth grade from Nebraska, I went there to see Rocketman. I think it was the name of it. It was like a guy who went around on a jet pack, and when I walked in and saw those chandeliers, I legitimately thought I had moved to the richest neighborhood.😂
2026-05-31 17:44:56
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Chris Bo Biss :
Yup! Last movie I saw there was the Power Ranger movie.
2026-05-31 19:40:26
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VirgoGoddess :
I saw lion King and Power Rangers in that theater
2026-05-31 18:12:35
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Amanda Head :
After a homecoming a bunch of my friends went and saw Rocky Horror midnight showing, it was a blast!
2026-05-31 16:16:03
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mk_erick :
How do I have no recollection of this? I practically lived at the mall growing up.
2026-05-31 18:18:29
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Jesse :
I remember seeing Toy story 2 there
2026-05-31 13:22:52
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merc.tybe :
yeah, those chandeliers are now in Lakewood California.
2026-05-31 16:35:44
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Jon :
Looking at that picture of the lobby smelled like buttered popcorn.
2026-05-31 18:43:08
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Kari :
Yes, I remember going several times
2026-05-31 05:17:54
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George Glass :
I saw the first star trek movie there with my brother and sister
2026-05-31 04:51:31
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maryrazm :
The best theater outside of Tacoma was the Weyerhaeuser Movies in early 80s what my sisters told me, by the time I was able to go late 80s, it was torn down 😢
2026-06-03 02:59:10
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Melody Leticia :
I remember moving here in 99' and it was family & I favorite theater. I wish Tacoma Mall had a theater today!
2026-06-02 19:35:59
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wizo1960 :
I saw the original Star Wars there. It plays
2026-06-03 00:35:33
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