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a large building that is lit up at night with lights on it's sides

The historic Tower Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, CA was the original home to the first theater in LA wired for film and sound. A team of leading preservationists, restoration artists, and the City of Los Angeles worked together to thoughtfully preserve and restore the theater’s beauty and grandeur. Targetti DART SMALL and MEDIUM floodlight projectors are used throughout the facade to illuminate the stunning exterior architectural details.

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the marquee is red and white with black stripes on it's sides
Normal Illinois Movie Theater
Normal Illinois Theater
Normal Il Movie Theater
Normal Il Theater

The Normal Theater is a fully restored Art Deco movie theater in Normal, IL. Built in 1937, it was a state-of-the-art cinema and has shown the latest in film entertainment for more than 50 years until the theater closed in May 1990. The Town of Normal purchased the theater in 1993 and restored it to its present fully operational condition. National Register of Historic Places #97000818.

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an old movie theater with the marquee for holland holland

This building was erected in the late teens or early '20's (I believe) for use as a Vaudeville theater house. In the next decade, a large Michigan theater chain, W. S. Butterfield Theaters (headquarters in Lansing) purchased this and turned it into the largest movie theater in town. They also built two other theaters in Holland. One was further west on 8th St, in the middle of town, named the "Centennial." This was torn down in the '50's and a lovely little park is in now in the location…

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the marquee sign on the building is clearly visible

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an ornately designed building is shown in the daytime

$4MM Neo-Baroque French-Revival theater designed for the Balaban & Katz chain by Cornelius W. Rapp and George L. Rapp (Rapp & Rapp) • 3,600 seats, auditorium 7 stories high, half-city-block wide • billed as "the Wonder Theatre of the World" • exterior features 6-story miniature replica of Arc de Triomphe, Paris • grand lobby design modeled after Chapel Royal, Versailles • grand staircase patterned after Paris Opera House • 29-rank Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ National Register of Historic…

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an empty auditorium with blue curtains and chandelier
Minneapolis Theater Restoration Ideas
Historic Pantages Theatre Minneapolis
Minneapolis Theater History
Historical Theater Tours Minneapolis

Pantages Theatre Minneapolis, Minnesota: Restoration: Stage right from the Balcony. The historic Pantages Theatre, originally built as a vaudeville house in 1916, was fully renovated with thoughtful and thorough restoration. The 1000-seat house is complete with ornate plaster, decorative painting, stained glass and an acoustic accelerator under the balcony. New stage lighting and rigging systems and a new orchestra pit.

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