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=2112 Gottingen Street / Vogue Theatre / Cove Theatre= [[image/photo:Media:2112_Gottingen/1898_NorthBaptistChurch_50th_anniversary.jpg|1898 50th Anniversary|Media:2112_Gottingen/originals/1898_NorthBaptistChurch_50th_anniversary.jpg]] ; 1848 - at least 1898 : the North Baptist Church.{{2015-11-18 Pers Corr from GaryBrooks: I just ran across material, brought to my attention by HalForbes -- in an article on the Gottingen Street property that was Rumours for a period. We all knew that it had been the Vogue Theatre before it became the club, but were you aware that the building started its life as the North Baptist Church?}} ; 1935 (ca) : ''Community Theatre'', 600 seats, at 208 Gottingen (old street numbering.) Closed about 1947.{{http://movie-theatre.org/canada/ns/Halifax/Halifax.html}} https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2112_Gottingen/1946.png 1946 ; 1948-04-29{{http://gottingen.ca/gottingen-street-history/timeline-of-gottingen-street/}} : opened as ''The Vogue'' by Franklin and Herschorn, 936 seats ; 1970 : sold to Famous Players https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2112_Gottingen/eve_poster.jpg ; 1972{{http://gottingen.ca/gottingen-street-history/timeline-of-gottingen-street/}} : renamed ''Eve;'' the only adult movie theatre in Halifax ; 1974 : renamed ''The Cove'' ; 1985-08-25 : ''The Cove'' closed ; 1986 : redecorated as an alcohol-free youth alternative music club, ''Club Flamingo.'' The name was registered on 1983-11-17 by Greg Clark and William L Burke. In 1986 Keith Tufts & Derick Honig reregistered the name with a Maritime Center address, and renamed it "Pub Flamingo." The venue had a repertory cinema element and an intended record label too—Flamingo Records—though Out of the Fog was the first and last release. (Clark says, “Getting involved with one band was a bit of a conflict of interest in terms of trying to promote everybody. There was volatility.”) Clark, Tufts and Honig also launched a short-lived entertainment magazine, New Works, that lasted about a year.{{http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/making-a-scene/Content?oid=958862}} [[image/photo:Media:2112_Gottingen/1987/Rumours_interior_735.jpg| |Media:2112_Gottingen/1987/Rumours_interior_2115.jpg|1987 - after GALA bought it, after the balcony was renovated to floor space, before we painted it black. Photo from the RobinMetcalfe collection.]] ; 1987 : [[GaeGala|The gay community, GALA]] bought it and [[Rumours]] moved in, with more or less the same setup and decor as Club Flamingo. ; 1995 : [[GaeGala|GALA]] wound down and [[Rumours]] closed - see those pages for the history. [[image/photo:Media:2112_Gottingen/1996_ca.jpg|ca. 1996. Unknown photographer.|Media:2112_Gottingen/originals/1996_ca.jpg|ca. 1996. Photographer unknown.]] ; 1995-09-21{{John Wamboldt, the Facebook group}} - 1998-02-26 : WormwoodsDogAndMonkeyCinema. ; 1996-12-31 : A bunch of quite good photos of the interior, taken at the New Years Eve party, were posted by John Wamboldt to "The Wormwood's Dog and Monkey Cinema Group" Facebook group on 2021-04-19. ; 1999-03 : MilleniumBar moves in, closes in 1999-07 ; Some time in 2000 : Starts getting used for raves under the name ''Filter''. ; 2003 : ditto, ''Club Red'' [[image/photo:Media:2112_Gottingen/2004.png|2004|Media:2112_Gottingen/originals/2004.png|2004]] ; 2004-04 : the plastic letter board reads: ''Club 2112 Opening This Spring''. Ron Foley Macdonald writes: Club 2112 was Greg Clarke's thing, with a mix of live and film. I booked the films for him--I remember Don't Look Back and Yellow Submarine, all in 35mm.{{2021-04-21 Wormwood's Facebook group}} ; 2004-06 : the reference to ''Club 2112'' is removed from the plastic letter board. ''Opening This Spring'' remains. ; 2004-08 : the sign now reads ''Open Sooner or Later.'' ; 2007-02-15 : TheCoast article "Punch it up" says, "Mickey !MacDonald, a local entrepreneur and businessman, has purchased the building and is turning it into a boxing gym. He plans to call it Palooka's Gym, after the titular boxing hero in the Joe Palooka boxing comic strip from the 1930s." !MacDonald was appointed chair of the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority in 2006-02. ; 2007-10-16 : CBC Information Morning piece with !MacDonald says he's stripped the asbestos, put on a new roof, and the new boxing gym, "Joe Palooka's" is about 75-80% finished. ; 2011-08-08 : Palookas announces they will cease regular operations as of 2011-10-31{{[http://thechronicleherald.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/ch_article_main_image/articles/ew103007palookas.jpg Palooka's photo reprinted without permission from The Chronicle Herald]}} https://gay.hfxns.org/pics/2112_Gottingen/2007_ca_exterior.jpg ; 2012-01-04 : Building has been sold to Shaw Television GP Inc., who confirms that Global Maritimes will move there from Burnside. The new studio is expected to be operational by September. {{ChronicleHerald}} A much more complete history written by LynnMurphy can be found in the archives of WayvesMagazine. This page is part of [[Rumours]], GayBars, and HistoryProject.
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