I have just joined the site and love that it is designed to preserve the history of theatres. I have been trying to find pictures of many of the local demolished and current theatres as well as possibly blueprints to see what went into building them. I may be close to finding the original blueprints of a couple of demolished theatres. If anyone has any suggestions to where I might find others, I would appreciate it.
The Eastman Theatre recently (the last few years) has gone through a renovation and addition. On the Rochester PBS station, they had a documentary listing the history of the theatre as well as the renovation project and it got me hooked on old theatres and movie palaces.
The seating capacity has been reduced to 2,250 seats with 80 new box seats added. I do remember in the documentary that there were some sound issues regarding orchestra concerts that were recorded there that were also addressed. All with very little change to the original design.
Here is a link to a 360 view of the renovated theatre: View link
And one of several links regarding the renovation: View link
I have just joined the site and love that it is designed to preserve the history of theatres. I have been trying to find pictures of many of the local demolished and current theatres as well as possibly blueprints to see what went into building them. I may be close to finding the original blueprints of a couple of demolished theatres. If anyone has any suggestions to where I might find others, I would appreciate it.
The Eastman Theatre recently (the last few years) has gone through a renovation and addition. On the Rochester PBS station, they had a documentary listing the history of the theatre as well as the renovation project and it got me hooked on old theatres and movie palaces.
The seating capacity has been reduced to 2,250 seats with 80 new box seats added. I do remember in the documentary that there were some sound issues regarding orchestra concerts that were recorded there that were also addressed. All with very little change to the original design.
Here is a link to a 360 view of the renovated theatre: View link
And one of several links regarding the renovation: View link