The Granada Theater was built on Greenville Avenue in 1946, and was originally a movie house.

The Granada Theater was originally built in 1928 as a vaudeville theater.

Central to the neighborhood for quite some time was the landmark Granada Theater, at the intersection of Mission and Ocean.

Throughout the years Granada Theater has also won many awards:

They also designed the Granada Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Finally in 1951, the long battle to have first run films was won by the Granada Theatre.

Sadly in May 1970, the final curtain fell for films at the Granada Theatre.

Although the Granada Theatre continued to have the presence in the KCK community, its role as a film house was over.

Assessing the impact the Granada Theatre had on a community is not easily defined.

But that leaves out so much of the role the Granada Theatre had in the community.