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"In those days, you had no relief." I think a big draw of the some movies theaters back then was that some were air conditioned (in other words when their was
by larrys 13y ago
"In those days, you had no relief."
I think a big draw of the some movies theaters back then was that some were air conditioned (in other words when their was ac but it was not typically in a home).
I've also see this in retail on, say, Market street in Philly. The stores blast their ac and leave the doors open in order to lure in hot customers who want to cool off.
- stinkytaco 13y agoI had a friend who wrote his doctoral thesis on the history of movie projection. I wish I could cite it, but A/C came about around the same time TV was starting to cut into movie theater profits. A/C not only was a major draw, but it may have save movie theaters.
- Spooky23 13y agoThat's funny, one of my first bosses had done a thesis on old time fancy theatres that did movies and live shows. He worked at one in our city in college, and talked alot about the HVAC system, which he ended up maintaining as a volunteer for a long time. It was a pre-freon, compression based system powered by natural gas. The refrigerant was some sort of nasty ammonia mixture that came in 55 gallon drums -- I guess when they dropped one, it basically melted through the concrete floor.