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You’ve likely seen hundreds of photos of the Mona Lisa or the Empire State Building in your lifetime. And while they’re both magnificent spectacles to behold in real life, it’s rare to see a refreshing take on them through photos. But if you’ve ever wondered what the inside of the Leaning Tower of Pisa looks like or what the cast and crew saw during the filming of Teletubbies, we’ve got the perfect list for you down below.
Few spaces combine visual splendor and colorful history like America's great old theaters
Explore the forgotten mysteries and chilling stories behind 24 creepy abandoned places spread across the world. You’ll never believe how eerie they all look!
Shakespeare wrote that "All the world's a stage," but the El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore actually was.
In downtown Detroit, the streets are lined with abandoned hotels and swimming pools, ruined movie houses and schools, all evidence of the motor city's painful decline. The photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre document what remains of a once-great city – and hint at the wider story of post-industrial America, writes Sean O'Hagan
Photographers allow us to see pieces of the world that we normally miss – historic events, fleeting expressions on people’s faces, the urban fabric...
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Hallöchen! RTL plant ja schon länger eine Neuauflage der Winnetou-Filme. Jetzt wurde verraten, wer den berühmten Apachen spielt: Nik Xhelilaj. Heiß!
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The Astor opened in 1928, designed by William H. Lee. Reopened May 28, 1941.(boxoffice,1941-06-07) The Art Deco theatre operated until 1975. In the late 50's it was operated by William Goldman Theaters of Philadelphia. After the Astor closed, it reopened for a short time as an X-rated movie house. Hot Tuna performed here on 11/19/76. The theater was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Red Skelton was in Reading in early 1978 to support the restoration.(sterforth-cinematreasures) However, it stood unused since the late 1970s, and although structurally sound, was in substandard condition. Photo courtesy of Sharon Staller Unfortunately, the Astor was razed in 1998 to clear the way for the Sovereign Center arena. Some architectural details were salvaged from the Astor and recycled in the Sovereign Center. The Astor Theatre, a Magical Realm of Royalty by Eileen M. Dietrich; published by Benjamin L. Bernhart; 72 pages; 8.5 by 11 inches softbound; about 97 illustrations; includes an affecting dedication, table of contents, acknowledgments, end notes, and a bibliography. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 Astor Theatre (added 2000 - Building - #78002346) 730--742 Penn St., Reading Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Architect, builder, or engineer: Lee,William H. Architectural Style: Art Deco Area of Significance: Performing Arts, Architecture Period of Significance: 1925-1949 Owner: Private Jerry performed here on 9/20/76 Jerry Garcia Band 1.)^Jensen, Bob, comments, 2010-07-01, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/33041 2.)^Vogel, Joe, comments, 2011-01-03, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/33041 3.)^Bryan, http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/9140 4.)^Hexfest, comments, https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/rec.music.gdead/SYwpWiK9iFk 5.)^Gehman, Geoff, The Morning Call, 1987-09-06, http://articles.mcall.com/1987-09-06/entertainment/2586721_1_tiles-art-deco-reading 6.)^http://thejerrysite.com/
One photographer's four-year project to document the country's aging cinemas.
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Image 2 of 20 from gallery of Wybrzeże Theater in Gdańsk / WAPA Warsztat Architektury Pracownia Autorska. Photograph by Nate Cook
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Margravial Opera-House, Bayreuth, Germany Don’t be fooled though, it’s completely made only of wood! @michaelthecanadian
Now that the boys are a older and they can take direction a little better, we are free to add a little oomph to our Christmas card photos. And they know that I only ask them to dress up and take nice photos ONE time a year on Christmas . . . and at Easter which is really two times a year and also Halloween which makes three, but who's counting? I digress. So this year, I thought we might go with the theme It's a Wonderful Life - a crowd favorite that's played in movie theaters every Christmas. We had many inspirations to draw from, including movie posters: But, while graphically beautiful, they either had not enough people represented or WAY too many. Sure, Aidyn and I could have looked lovingly up into Ryan's eyes as Jaxon was hoisted onto his back, but we didn't want the photos to look too staged. So, I turned to other inspirations such as movie quotes. And after some thinking, I knew what would work for our family. With the purchase of an inexpensive movie board clapper and the participation of my two little hams, I got to be Donna Reed for our 2014 Christmas card. (Note: Jaxon later told us that he was "trying to be a squirrel" in this photo! Aah, method acting - wrong movie (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) but A+ for effort!) And we chose to use Clarence's quote and some of the day's funny "outtake" photos for the back: Best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season from our family to yours! Remember, it truly is a wonderful life! Make sure to check out our Superhero Christmas Card if that's more your speed. This post contains affiliate links.
In the 1920s, Loew's built five Wonder Theaters: movie palaces that were, quite literally, palaces, bedecked with ornate architecture meant to awe, instill hope, and provide an escape from the...
Photos by Jim Duffy Back in 2010, when the Duffy family began planning a move from South Florida to a new custom-designed home in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina, they became fixated on one portion of the house that, for many people, is just an afterthought.
Theater Photography By Lisa Russman At the highest level of execution, building a home theater is an expression of fine art, an engineering as well as aesthetic endeavor that combines technical know-how with inspired interior design, all with the idea of creating a room that wows its inhabitants no matter if the lights are on or off. The end game of a great theater room can be summed up in a single word: impact. Impactful is an apt description for the project you see here.
Over the past few years my wife and I have been able to explore areas of Newark, New Jersey with friends, who lived there and are architectural junkies like ourselves. What follows is a forshpeis--an appetizer--of Newark’s architectural past. Miner's Newark Theatre/The Paramount Theatre 195 Market Street Miner’s Newark Theatre before a 1917 expansion by Thomas W. Lamb. (Picture post card image courtesy of Cardcow.com) Although parts of downtown Newark and its buildings are being rebuilt and repurposed, this theater at 195 Market Street, a half block from the intersection of Broad and Market Streets, the heart of “downtown”, has been deteriorating for years. "The Paramount Theatre opened on October 11, 1886 as H.C. Miner’s Newark Theatre. It was originally a vaudeville house[, and after...] Miner’s death in 1900, his surviving relatives retained ownership of the theater for several years until its sale in 1916 to Edward Spiegel, the owner of the nearby Strand Theatre. Spiegel also purchased the building next to the theater with the intent to use the space to expand the theater. To accomplish this he hired famed theater architect Thomas W. Lamb* to do the alterations." (http://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2011/09/28/the-newark-paramount-theatre/; Matt Lambros, "The Newark Paramount Theatre" in his blog, After the Final Curtain, September 28, 2011) "In 1917, ...Lamb remodeled the theatre in an Adam [or Adamesque] style. The former Paramount Theater still boasts the vertical ‘Paramount’ sign, as well as the ‘Newark’ marquee. The Paramount Theater was closed on April 1, 1986. Although a retail store operated out of the former lobby until around April 2011, a store employee confirmed that behind the drop ceilings and walls remains much of the old theater, complete with stage area and balcony seating intact." (http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4603) (Color photos courtesy of Michael Padwee unless otherwise noted) *[Thomas W.Lamb [1871-1942] was born "...in Dundee, Scotland, [...and] came to the United States at the age of 12. He studied architecture at the Cooper Union school in New York and initially worked for the City of New York as an inspector. His architecture firm, Thomas W. Lamb, Inc., was located at 36 West 40th Street in Manhattan... . Lamb achieved recognition as one of the leading architects of the boom in movie theater construction of the 1910s and 1920s. Particularly associated with the Fox Theatres, Loew's Theatres and Keith-Albee chains of vaudeville and film theaters, Lamb was instrumental in establishing and developing the design and construction of the large, lavishly decorated theaters, known as 'movie palaces', as showcases for the films of the emerging Hollywood studios." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Lamb) Lamb designed 180 theaters in the early part of the 20th century. I have written about one of Lamb’s “atmospheric” theaters in New York City here.] The exterior terra cotta frieze. The manufacturer is unknown to me. Full front facade showing entrance that held small retail stores in 2012. Science High School 40 Rector Street The main entrance. This building was originally designed “by architect Charles H. Nicoll as the Malt House Number 3, [and] it is the oldest and largest surviving remnant of the Peter Ballantine & Sons Ale Brewery, which until c.1912 dominated both sides of Front Street, a predecessor of McCarter Highway, at the foot of Rector Street.” (National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet, “Military Park Commons Historic District, Newark, Essex County, NJ”, Section 7, Page 25, May 10, 2004) Part of the front elevation above a second door. In the 1930s the building was remodeled and an art-deco terra-cotta facade was added. The building is also ornamented with some of the best Art Deco mosaic and detailing in the city. The terra-cotta was made by the Atlantic Terra-Cotta Company of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. "[This] building...later became part of the state university system and a library. The city bought the property and opened Science High School in the mid 1980s. It has been empty since 2006." (http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/09/shaquille_oneal_booker_newark.html) Detail of terra-cotta over the main entrance. In 2009 there were plans to convert this building into new housing by a consortium led by basketball star Shaquille O’Neal. “The façade and decorative entryway of the roughly 120-year-old building will be preserved and a 23-story glass-and-steel tower will rise behind it with sweeping views of the Passaic River and downtown Newark.” (http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/09/shaquille_oneal_booker_newark.html) A second door. Close-up of side door lintel. Terra-cotta ornament. The development project was put on hold for a few years after a false ground-breaking in 2013, and has only very recently obtained funding. "Following the approval of a 30-year tax abatement and a false ground-breaking in 2013, Boraie Development is now expecting to begin construction on a 26-story, 169-market-rate-unit mixed-use building at 40 Rector Street, in downtown Newark, a few blocks north of Penn Station. 40 Rector Street, rendering via Boraie Development. (http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/08/26-story-169-unit-mixed-use-project-at-40-rector-street-lands-financing-newark.html) "The existing six-story building will expand, and 8,500 square feet of retail will be located in the base. According to NJ Advance Media, Goldman Sachs is financing the majority of the project, dubbed One Riverview… ." (Reid Wilson, "26-Story, 169-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 40 Rector Street Lands Financing, Newark", August 20, 2015, New York YIMBY; http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/08/26-story-169-unit-mixed-use-project-at-40-rector-street-lands-financing-newark.html) The Griffith Piano Company Building 605-607 Broad Street (Photo by Peter Greenberg (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Building#/media/File:Griffith_Building_Newark_Entry_Detail.JPG) “Hardly anyone gives a second thought anymore to the towering old faded hulk of a building on Newark's Broad Street with the word Griffith carved over the entrance, the doors locked and the 17 floors vacant and wrecked. You'd never know that from the late 1920s to the late 1950s it was a high-priced address for professionals, a bustling architectural jewel that was the headquarters for the Griffith family, sellers of pianos, organs and other musical instruments in a time when no home was complete without one. More importantly, it was the beating heart of music and culture in New Jersey, home to the Griffith Music Foundation, the phenomenal creation of one woman who almost single-handedly put the state on the map in the world of classical music...Lena Donaldson Griffith -- more commonly known as Mrs. Parker O. Griffith... .” (JoAnne Sills, “Newark's forgotten music center”, November 23, 2008; http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/_griffith6_lena.html) The Griffith Piano Company Building, 2014. (Photo by Peter Greenberg (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGriffith_Building_Newark.JPG) In 1926 the Griffith Piano Company signed a contract to build a twelve story building on the site of its current two buildings. “George Elwood Jones*, of Newark, has been selected as architect of the new building, which will be in the Italian renaissance style with a front of limestone for the first three floors and the remainder of brick and architectural terra cotta.” The new building is expected to be completed in 1927. (The Music Trade Review, May 22, 1926, p. 17) The polychrome terra cotta is found on the thirteenth and fourteenth floor facades which have “three sets of two-story recessed arches... . The recessions, decorated with glazed and colored ornament, have window surrounds with white-ribboned and colored fruit bands, marble spandrels with central medallions containing fleur-de-lis designs, and yellow and green central twisted columns with foliaged and lineaged work of yellow and blue. The center panel retains a central medallion which protrudes to its column’s base. The facade is topped by a band identical to that found at the twelfth floor sill level. Above the band is a parapet [with] central urns.” (National Register of Historic Places--Nomination Form, “Griffith Piano Company Building, Newark, New Jersey”, May 24, 1984, Item No. 7, Page 1) Polychrome terra cotta ornamentation on the Griffith Piano Company Building. (Photo attribution: Nicholas Dingman, "Cultural Memory", The Archi, 15th August 2012; http://nicholas-dingman.blogspot.com/2012/08/cultural-memory.html?q=Griffith+Piano. Edited by Michael Padwee.) *[George Elwood Jones (1886-1952) was known as an architect of large apartment houses. Jones was the “...designer of the Federal Trust Company on Commerce Street and the Academy Building on Academy Street [in Newark], within the [Four Corners Historic District], and the Griffith Piano Company building north of the district.” (http://www.livingplaces.com/NJ/Essex_County/Newark_City/Four_Corners_Historic_District.html)] 457 Frelinghuysen Avenue Another application of Art Deco terra cotta can be found on an otherwise nondescript building in a manufacturing and warehouse district of Newark. Even though the facade says “Founded 1893”, I could find no architectural information about this building. It now contains a number of small warehousing and manufacturing businesses. Among a string of drab buildings, the bold blue coloring of 457 catches the eye. The Essex County Parks Department Administration Building 115 Clifton Avenue The Essex County Parks Dept. Administration Building (photo taken in 2007). The evergreen tree has since been removed. “In 1895, after witnessing progressive reformers wrest increasingly valuable land from developers in Manhattan for the creation of Central Park, similar forces were leveraged to form the Essex County Park Commission, and make space for Newark’s own Branch Brook Park. The prolific firm of Fredrick Law Olmsted designed both. [...As] the park system stretched across the county, the repurposed saloon at 60 Clifton Avenue which had been serving as the administration’s headquarters, as well as home to priceless archived documents, soon proved inadequate. Relief came in 1914 with an infusion of $100,000 into the Parks Department’s budget. “Enter Harold van Buren Magonigle, a New Jersey born Architect...known for designing the [Maine] monument at Columbus Circle in Manhattan as well as the seal of the AIA. ...Magonigle deftly drafted plans for a squat, handsome brick building in the latest style of Second Renaissance Revival. The new space included more and better appointed offices, a garage extending across the entire basement level, a drafting room, as well as a much needed fire protected archive. All of this was topped by a hipped roof with wide eaves of red metal tile. Directly beneath is a band of friezes consisting of allegorical depictions of nature, painted by Magonigle’s wife.” (Nicholas Dingman, “Archi Awareness: 115 Clifton Avenue”, The Archi, 31 July 2013; http://nicholas-dingman.blogspot.com) O.W. Ketcham ad. (The Architectural Forum, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, July 1917, p. 5) The building was completed in 1916, and the terra cotta on the facade was made by the O. W. Ketchum Company of Philadelphia. Terra cotta surrounding the main entrance (above), and the Park Commission terra cotta plaque (below). Most interesting, however, is the frieze of surrealistic frescoes painted by Edith Day Magonigle that ornament the area just beneath the building’s eaves and over the area of the main entrance. It is amazing that most have survived the past one hundred years. Architectural drawing showing positions of frescoes under the eaves. Two frescoes below the eaves. Three frescoes above the main entrance (above) and a fresco above the main entrance lintel (below). Fresco above one side of the main entrance. Frescoes on the front facade under the eaves. These are only a very few of the polychrome terra cotta buildings to be found in Newark. If you visit Newark, drive around--or take the light rail--to explore the different areas of the city. If you take the light rail, be sure to stop at the old Newark City Subway stations to see the WPA tile murals that celebrate the history of the Morris Canal: http://tilesinnewyork.blogspot.com/2013/05/newarks-wpa-tile-murals-fine-art-is.html. ***** Thanks are due to our friends, Marie Lawrence and Jan Braverman, who would ride around Newark with us to search out interesting architecture, and special thanks to my wife, Susan Ingham Padwee, for researching the Essex County Parks Administration Building for her monograph about the architect, Harold van Buren Magonigle.
The perfect romantic date night straight out of a movie.
Last week, I was scouting on Jamaica Ave when I noticed a movie-theater-turned-church up the block. ...
Historic Kiggins Theater Photography copyright: Elizabeth Rose Photography
This listing is for a home theater decor art deco print of theater seats. The black and white art print of a row of theater seats by FastWinn Photography is offered in this listing. This wall art print would look great with Movie theater decor, as office decor or with vintage wall art. Please select the size you'd like from the drop down menu as you place your order. Pricing is also available in the listing. This image is offered as a: 8" x 12" 12" x 18" 16" x 24" 20" x 30" This old movie theater was closed for repairs but the caretaker let me in so I could take some photos. Boy if these walls could talk the stories they would tell! The image offered in this listing is the 1st picture. The title of this photo is "Open Seating." This photo is one of a series that I took of this movie theater in Talladega, Alabama. This image will be printed by a professional photo lab and shipped directly to you. I add a UV coating to each photo to protect the photo. To see more of my photos please go to the FastWinn Etsy Shop here https://www.etsy.com/shop/FastWinn. If you want a different size please send me a message. I love custom orders. The copyright will be removed for printing. Note: this image has a lot of noise added to give the image a vintage look. 100% Money Back Guarantee!! I want my customers to be happy with their photos and love the art I've made. If you're not completely satisfied with your prints, I'll refund your money. shipping.
The Norshore Theater (1749 W Howard St.), year unknown Built by Balaban and Katz and opened in 1926, it was demolished in 1960.
