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Here I am up on the tower. This was in 1999.
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Here is the only photo I have of Patrick Tretter. He worked at Century 16 as a projectionist for a little while. Unfortunately, he passed away within several months of this photo have been taken.
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Justin, Kent and I atop the tower. It was quite the route getting up there!
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Here is one of the corridors under construction in 1998. The door on the right is (was) the "break room" and theater 2 would have been just to my left.
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Auditorium 8 under construction, Century 16.
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Here's another shot of earlier construction of the front facade, Century 16.
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A close up of the outside box office window being built, sometime in summer of 1998.
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A close-up of early work on the tower. Century 16, summer 1998.
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Here is a shot of the lobby. I am standing right about where the "Cafe Cinema" will be. Auditorium 9 to the right, 8 to the left. Summer 1998
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Curtis Hill has his work cut out for him. I believe this was Projector 13... an unlucky number it would seem!
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Opening Day of Century 16 Aurora. November 1998. As you can see the ticket machines weren't working yet. They were in a hurry to get this place open for business!
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A news camera photographs the crowd on opening day in November 1998.
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Century 16 Managers, 2000.
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Another shot of the exterior facade coming together. Starting to install the lettering high up on the tower. 1998.
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The Century 16 Managers as the Original Kings of Comedy, 2000.
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Century 16 is still blocked off with police tape nearly a month after the incident. A green fence is up around the property and police cars patrol around inside.
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The memorial adjancent to the cinema.
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Many children's toys were left at the memorial cross for Veronica Moser.
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Veronica Moser's memorial cross has received a huge number of children's toys left by mourners.
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A series of crosses, one for each victim killed, is the centerpiece of the memorial site. Many signs and artwork like this are there too.
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Hundreds of candles at the Century 16 memorial site.