May 01 2010
Miami Massage Parlors: In Miami Shores, It’s Nix on Flicks
The PlayGround Theatre wants to show movies and draw crowds to NE 2nd Avenue, but there’s one little problem
You’d think movies and the old Shores Theater at 9806 NE 2nd Ave. would go together as naturally as buttered popcorn and Coke. But you would be wrong. Why? Because movie theaters are outlawed in Miami Shores.
Doesn’t matter if the theater is called the Shores Theater or its successor, the PlayGround Theatre, a live venue for acclaimed children’s theatrical productions, now in its sixth season. No cinemas. Period. (Also banned in the village: abortion clinics, adult novelty stores, amusement arcades, bingo halls, car washes, escort services, massage parlors, mechanical repair shops, modeling agencies, pawn shops, psychics, palm readers, and spiritualists.)
A growing number of merchants and civic activists are trying to change law, and village officials are starting to pay attention to the possibility of allowing independent, classic, or art-house films that never make it to multiplexes.