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Re: The History of Building Movie Palaces.
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Date: 
Thu, 27 May 1999 18:11:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Gary R. Istok writes:

P.S. If anyone is interested, here is the world's largest surviving
Movie palace - the 5174 seat Detroit Fox Theatre (in a Siamese-Byzantine
"Temple" style):

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/preserve/phissite/foxtheat.html

That was neat!

-Tom McD.
when replying, you won't find the concession counter at that theatre selling
spamcake.



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  The History of Building Movie Palaces.
 
Last week I met some of my fellow Michigan AFOLs in Ann Arbor for lunch, and brought along an incomplete Theater building (Movie Palace) that I was building. They really like my Notched Arch Art Deco design. This was one of 2 Movie Palaces I am in (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.build)

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