picture theaters used to be glamourous place , like music halls or opera house . The spectacle of the flick - going experience extended out into the actual looking and feel of the cinema . But many of these ornate erstwhile movie theatre have fallen into disrepair , and look like gorgeous disaster field .
The Hulme Hippodrome but known as the Grand Junction Theatre and Floral Hall and Second Manchester Repertory Theatre as well (1901-1960s)
After its closure as a theatre , it was used as a bingo Granville Stanley Hall from the mid-1970s to 1986 .
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Michigan Theatre, Detroit, Michigan (1925-1976)
The 4,038 - tooshie theatre with overweening item was ramp up in 1925 with the 13 - story Michigan Building office tug on the internet site of the small garage where Henry Ford build up his quadricycle . As a motion picture theatre it fill up in 1967 , but reopened two times until 1971 . It was transform to a club in 1972 and a concert locale in 1973 , but the place finally shut in 1976 . It ’s been a parking garage since then .
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Proctor’s Palace Roof Theatre, Newark, New Jersey (1915-1968)
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Palace Theatre, Gary, Indiana (1925-1972)
conclude after the local US Steel flora go into declination .
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Eastown Theatre, Detroit (1930-1990s)
The 2,500 - seat theatre plan by V.J. Waier & Company and opened in 1930 maneuver as a cinema until the mid-1960s . From 1969 to the early 1970s it was a famous concert venue , where the door , Pink Floyd , Grateful Dead and Alice Cooper play , among others . Later the construction was used as a jazz venue , an adult celluloid theatre ( called the Showcase ) , a rave company venue , and a church .
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The 1,772-seat Broadway (later renamed to Paramount) Theatre, Long Branch, New Jersey (1912-1959)
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Paramount Theater (formerly H. C. Miner’s Newark Theater, a vaudeville house), Newark, New Jersey (1886-1986)
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The 1,500-seat Ramova Theatre, Chicago (1929-mid 1980s)
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Aegidium Cinema (formerly known as The Diamont Palace), Brussels, Belgium (1905- late 1990s)
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The Coronet Cinema, London (1936-2000)
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Glenroyal Cinema, Shipley, West Yorkshire, England (1932-1962)
It was reopened as a casino in 1963 , and many other alterations were made to the building until 2008 , but the upper circle is unswayed since the last screening .
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A hidden and abandoned theatre in New York’s East Village (operated between 1926 and 1959)
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United Artists Theatre, Detroit, Michigan (1928-1973, but it was the recording theatre of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra between 1978 and 1983.)
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Bonus: Loew’s King’s Theatre, New York (1929-1977, now under renovation)
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