Photos favorited by TLSLOEWS

  • <p>June 2008</p>
  • <p>Oct. 2009 - month theater ended operations</p>
  • <p>THE place to enjoy air conditioning in 1940!</p>
  • <p>Celeste Holm & Ed Sullivan ROXY 1954</p>
  • <p>The arc lamps that burnt 60 amperes per projector. They were Kaylee 12 Peerless arc lamps.</p>
  • <p>Taken 2009. The proscenium has some very elaborate ornamentation.</p>
  • <p>The wonderful classical facade of Columbus’s Ohio Theatre</p>
  • <p>A great view of the proscenium and atmospheric ceiling at the Civic (Formerly Loew’s Akron) The stars and clouds both still work!</p>
  • <p>The atmospheric effect shows really nicely from this angle.</p>
  • <p>Here one can see the complicated layout of the building. The original entrance at left actually talkes you across a canal through a bridging building that contains the outer lobby. After traversing this long stretch you are then thrust into the eye-popping grand lobby. Then through an ornate inner foyer to the grand finale, the atmospheric 3,000 seat auditorium! There actually is a second (main) entrance at bottom of the diagram through a modern addition built on the side of the auditorium.</p>
  • <p>6-25-11</p>
  • <p>We’re off to see the wizard. 6-18-11</p>