32nd St Neighborhood- did you know?

The Basha’s at 32nd street and Shea used to be a Harkins movie theater?

Here is a flyer from their opening weekend.

Shea Plaza 1971 09 29

It opened September 29th 1971. It was the 5th Harkins to be opened in Arizona.

Before 1983 it was a larger, single screen cinema. Then it closed are re-opened with two smaller screens with a seating capacity 400 seats.

The theater closed in the mid 1990’s. Do you remember when the theater was there?