Article by Chelsea Limbird


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The current limestone and cream colored terracotta façade is carefully organized into alternating wide and narrow bays and elegant windows on the second floor. Above the central bay, a clock tower with a cupola rises. Remarkably, this is one of the few theatres that have escaped the usual fate of either being modernized and losing their late Beaux Arts decoration, or being subdivided into a number of smaller theatres. The interior has retained its elaborate decoration and extensive use of a rich color scheme and polished gold-plating and chrome.

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