Built in 1937, the historic Robinson Theater, named after Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, quickly became the center of activity for this thriving community. In the mid 1980’s after several reinventions, any resemblance to its former glory vanished, and by the end of the decade the doors and windows were boarded up. In 2009, the facility reopened as the Robinson Theater Community Arts Center in hopes to breathe life into what was once referred to as “a social institute for the neighborhood.”