The Warner Centre is a former

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and concert hall located at 332 Fifth Avenue in

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. It opened as the Grand Theatre on March 7, 1918, with

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in '' Headin' South'' and

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in ''Her Husband’s Wife''. The theater was renamed Warner Theatre on January 2, 1930. In 1983 the theater was closed, the auditorium was demolished, and a two-story shopping center named Warner Center was built on the site. It was turned into an indoor shopping mall. A food court there closed in 2003.

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