Pavillon de Hanovre
The Pavillon de Hanovre was built between 1758 and 1760 by the French architectPalais Berlitz
Under the name of the Palace of Hanover, it was erected as an office building in the 1930s by architect Charles Lemaresquier (1870–1972), who conceived other buildings in the same style, such as the headquarters of Félix Potin, in partnership with Victor Laloux. On the ground floor were stores and a newsreel theatre that seated 200. The building was renamed the Palais Berlitz after the English language school located in the building. In the 1950s the ground floor and basement of the building were converted into a 1,500-seat cinema called the Berlitz, and the old newsreel theatre was turned into a restaurant. It was one of the most important first-run movie theatres in Paris at that time. The design featured a huge curved lobby with stained glass windows leading to the big auditorium which had club armchairs. However, due to two large columns in the auditorium space, the size of the screen was limited. In the 1980s Gaumont took over and divided the Berlitz including the restaurant (the former newsreel house) into six small screens. The place lost its original design. In the 1990s the building was entirely rebuilt with only the facade remaining. In the new building, the new six-screen multiplex run by Gaumont has a new design and a total seating capacity of 1,137. After a fire at the Credit Lyonnais headquarters, the French bank LCL installed its main branch in the building. In 2006, it was acquired by''Le Juif et la France''
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