Welcome to Friends of the Terrace . Our organization supports the revitalization of the historic Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale, MN and the redevelopment of the adjoining Terrace Mall.
Built after in 1951, the Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale, Minnesota is of the rarest of rare. A soaring and inspired mid century movie palace, created by architects Jack Liebenberg and Seeman Kaplan with Space Age taste, design and quality inside and out. It’s been recognized nationally by architectural historians as “one of the first ultramodern theaters in America”
The Terrace Theatre has stood idle, it’s windows and doors covered with plywood and interior gutted since it’s last movie showing in 1999. Now it’s under immediate threat of demolition.
Unique, aspirational, striking, functional, and stylish, it strikes us that this theater has the character and personality that is exactly the kind of development opportunity most cities would die for. With just a little time to create a proper business plan and a nationwide search for investors and sponsors, there is every reason to believe that the Terrace Theatre will become not just a great community focal point and source of pride, but also an attractive, beyond-local destination and a great attractor for economic growth — more so than just another ubiquitous strip mall/grocery development could ever be on it’s own.
We are a community organization that is not affiliated with the City of Robbinsdale, the Robbinsdale Historical Society, the Save The Terrace Facebook group, or any union, developer, or government agency.
