What are they now? Hard to believe, but in the early part of the century, Washington Street was "movie-palace row" in Boston. Even in the early '70s, you could find some two dozen moviehouses just in Boston. Loews' Boston Common and General's Fenway theaters may be bigger and better, but they'll never have the same cozy neighborhood ambiance. Here's what's happened to some of those old moviehouses:
June 1971	June 2001
1. Charles, 195 Cambridge Street	Charles River Plaza
2. Beacon Hill, 1 Beacon Street	Copy Cop
3. Pi Alley, 217 Washington Street	Pi Alley mini-mall
4. Orpheum, 1 Hamilton Place	Orpheum Theatre
5. Savoy, 539 Washington Street	Opera House (vacant)
6. Paramount, 555 Washington Street	Paramount Theatre (vacant)
7. Publix, 661 Washington Street	Chanh Hung Fish Market
8. Center, 686 Washington Street	Emperor's Garden Restaurant (a/k/a Empire Garden)
9. Stuart, 700 Washington Street	McDonald's
10. Astor, 176 Tremont Street	Loews Boston Common
11. Saxon, 219 Tremont Street	Emerson Majestic Theatre
12. Music Hall, 268 Tremont Street	Wang Theatre
13. Gary, 131 Stuart Street	California Pizza Kitchen/Pho Pasteur
14. Cinema 57, 200 Stuart Street	Stuart Street Playhouse
15. Park Square, 31 St. James Ave	Park Square Building
16. Garden, 19 Arlington Street	Café de Paris
17. Townhouse, 84 Beacon Street	Café de Paris
18. Exeter, 26 Exeter Street	idealab!
19. Cinema 733, 733 Boylston Street	Pizzeria Uno
20. Paris, 841 Boylston Street	Walgreens
21. Pru, 903 Boylston Street	McCarthy's Bar and Grill
22. Kenmore Square, 654 Beacon Street	office building
23. Abbey, 600 Comm Ave	BU science building
24. Symphony, 262 Huntington	BU Theatre