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Capitol Theater (Shanghai)
Capitol Theater, Capitol Theatre, or Capitol Cinema may refer to: Australia * Capitol Theatre (Melbourne), Victoria * Capitol Theatre, Perth, Western Australia * Capitol Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales Canada * Capitol Cinema (Ottawa), Ottawa, Ontario * Capitol Theatre (Moncton), Moncton, New Brunswick * Capitol Theatre (Port Hope), Port Hope, Ontario * Capitol Theatre (Windsor, Ontario), Windsor, Ontario * Capitol Theatre (Woodstock, Ontario), Woodstock, Ontario * Capitole de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec Germany * Capitol Theater (Düsseldorf) India * Capitol Cinema (Mumbai), Maharashtra Ireland * Capitol Theatre (Dublin) Philippines * Capitol Theater (Manila) Singapore * Capitol Theatre, Singapore, a cinema from 1931 to 1998, reopened 2015. United Kingdom * Capitol Theatre, Manchester * Capitol Theatre, Aberdeen * Capitol Theatre, Cardiff * Bertie Crewe, Capitol Cinema, Southgate, London (demolished 1982) * Capitol Theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, (1929†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Theatre (Melbourne)
The Capitol is an historic theatre on Swanston Street in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1924 as part of the Capitol House building, the art deco theatre was designed by American husband and wife architects Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin, and is the oldest of Melbourne's large picture palaces. It is famous for its extravagant decor and abstract motifs, including an intricate geometric ceiling containing thousands of coloured lamps, designed to evoke the walls of a crystalline cave. Proposals in the early 1960s to demolish the theatre sparked one of Australia's first major heritage conservation campaigns. While the cinema was saved, its seating capacity was reduced and parts of the original ground level foyer were replaced by a shopping arcade. RMIT University purchased The Capitol in 1999 for use as a lecture theatre, and in 2014 it was closed to undergo an extensive five-year restoration and upgrade. The Capitol reopened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
