Pantages Theatre: Rebirth of a Landmark
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9.5" 9.75" Fine / Near Fine. Item #007070
Full black cloth. Patterned endpapers. 112 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. White scuff to tail edge of front board. Dust jacket is price clipped and has some minor bumps to extremities. Fine overall. Pantages Theatre, Rebirth of a Landmark traces the theatre's colourful history from its early years as a vaudeville palace to its days as the Imperial, a popular motion picture house, to its final restoration and return to its 1920s grandeur. The book explores the risks and challenges faced by Cineplex Odeon Corporation in ensuring the successful completion of the largest private restoration in North America. We take a behind the scenes look at the complex process to restore the almost completely destroyed building interior to its original magnificent splendour.
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