Greg Tsevis in front of the Avalon Theatre in July 2007Heather Ratcliffe reports in the Post-Dispatch today that the City has filed a lawsuit hoping to take control of the old Avalon Theatre on South Kingshighway.The building, condemned in 2006, was originally built in 1935 as an old-school "movie palace" that seated 650 people. Over the years it went through a number of ownership changes, finally ending up in the hands of Clayton resident Greg Tsevis before going out of business in 1999. Since
http://commercial.realtyexchangeweb.comMaybe it's just another symptom of the sagging economy, but it seems like $1 million just doesn't go as far as it used to. Sure, you can still buy a Bentley or a condo on Washington Ave with that kind of dough, but if you're a millionaire in the market for a historic St. Louis movie theater, there just isn't a whole lot of bang for your buck available these days.Take the Avalon Cinema, the rundown movie palace on South Kingshighway, which is now up for s
