Wasn't there a big sign here last time we looked? Credit: Photo by Richard Whittaker

Farewell to the Alamo Drafthouse on Colorado. Wednesday night was the big bye-bye to the site that launched QT Fest, Butt-Numb-a-Thon, Weird Wednesday, Terror Thursday, etc., etc., etc.

Already the last signs of the Downtown icon are going – literally. By this morning, the big light-up Alamo sign (featured very briefly, if eagle-eyed cineastes recall, in the opening credits to Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof) had already been stripped from the outside wall.

Tickets for last night’s final blow-out at the Colorado location included a free wrench so the lucky attendees could take their seat home with them. But we at Chronic doubt that someone staggered home with 20 foot of neon after the goodbye screenings.

This article appears in June 22 • 2007.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.