History...
Designed by Scottish architect Marcus Priteca and constructed over a ten-month period beginning in January 1927, the theatre officially opened as the New Orpheum on November 8 as a vaudeville house, but it hosted its first shows the previous day. The old Orpheum, at 761 Granville Street, was renamed the Vancouver Theatre (later the Lyric, then the International Cinema, then the Lyric once more before it closed for demolition in 1969 to make way for the first phase of the Pacific Centre project). When it opened, it was the biggest theatre in Canada with 3000 seats. The first manager of the theatre was William A. Barnes....more here
(taken with a Holga 120N)
4 responses
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Brian Betteridge said (26 Jan 2009):
amazing shot with great tones...does it happen to be named after the Damien Rice song?
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Sharon Wish said (26 Jan 2009):
Thank you. No, actually it's a name of a French novel published in 1954 by Ann Desclos. Since there is a history to this particular theatre, and it starts with the letter 'O', I thought it was appropriate :)
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♥ Cairenn ♥ added a link (11 May 2009):
Love the title : )
i ♥ Holga
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Richard Bruns said (12 Sep 2009):
Yep ... voting.
