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I was in Montreal in 2003, and following the tracks of cinemas I found the Regent (original name) like a branch of the Renaud-Bray bookstore. I believe that today it is still on, although very transformed into its interior. There is a photo here.
Hello
I was in Montreal in 2003, and following the tracks of cinemas I found the Regent (original name) like a branch of the Renaud-Bray bookstore. I believe that today it is still on, although very transformed into its interior. There is a photo here.
The Lindavista cinema and the Lido cinema are considered twins, not for their architectural solution, that presents some differences, but for that they are of the same architect (Charles Lee), the same chain (Fox), the same promoter (Theodore Gildred), and inaugurated in the same date: December 25h of 1942, both in the city of México. Today, both are in transformation process, one to be Catholic Temple, and the other one to be Bookstore of the Fondo de Cultura Económica. Although the buildings remain, with important changes, their film character no longer.
El cine Lindavista es un caso especial en la historia de los viejos edificios destinados a la cinematografÃa. Inaugurado en 1942, y bajo el proyecto de Charles Lee, es uno de los ejemplos representativos de la obra de este arquitecto en la ciudad de México. Ademád del Lindavista, Charles Lee proyecto, de acuerdo con Maggie Valentine, el Chapultepec (ya demolido), el Lido (en proceso de transformación) y el Tepeyac (abandonado). Para el caso del Lindavista, este edificio está en proceso de transformación para convertirlo en el Santuario de San Juan Diego, y para tal efecto el Papa Juan Pablo II, lo bendijo en su última visita a México. En el proceso de transformación, el cine ha perdido alguno de sus elementos caracterÃsticos, y paulatinamente veremos su transformación hacia un templo católico.