DENVER — The Esquire Theater — a nearly 100-year-old staple of Denver cinema — may be nearing its final days as a place to see a film.
Plans submitted to Denver's Permitting and Licensing Center at the end of last month may give a hint at what's next for the building just south of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The application proposes the conversion of the 9,175-square-foot theater building at 590 Downing St. into spaces for restaurants, office and retail spaces.
The building remaining a movie theater isn't noted in the application.
Since its start as the single-screen Hiawatha Theatre in 1927, the movie theater has both expanded and withstood the test of time. In 1980, the theater became part of the Landmark Theater chain.
The theater was shut down for most of 2018 after a water-main break. It reopened in 2019.
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