another (former) theatre

... this one in the Glebe at the NW corner of Bank Street and Second Avenue.

Construction on the Avalon Theatre began in April 1928. Aerial photos from that summer show an indecipherable mess of textures, which I take to be construction, on what was previously a vacant lot (per Goad 1912.) Note the pert little deco-style parapet-crest above what was the main entrance. The Avalon was later renamed the Glebe Theatre and later still it became a car dealership — now it's the home of Home Hardware, one of the few decently sized and stocked hardware stores in the downtown vicinity.

the Ottawa Citizen, 1928-11-16

We learn that Feleena's Mexican Canteena occupies what was originally the theatre's offices and ticket  booth. The tone of the grand-opening announcement reminds there was a time when anything that had anything to do with Hollywood was seen as impossibly glamorous.

That opening feature, "Dress Parade," was released in 1927. Which is to say that back then, Canada wasn't always screening Tinseltown's latest offerings — sometimes we had to wait our turn. The plot of this silent title was basically blond, clean-shaven hunk (former boxer) joins the military and gets the girl — think "Top Gun" without the jets, and a Wurlitzer organ instead of Berlin.