To create the center, CASA is overhauling the old Belnord Theater, which CASA said was one of the few in the city that was never racially segregated. It stands near the Patterson Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and across the street from a wedge-shaped park known as Library Square. The building dates back nearly a century, but movies haven’t been shown there for decades. It was used most recently as a budget furniture store.