Gem Theatre
1615 East 18th Street,
Kansas City,
MO
64108
1615 East 18th Street,
Kansas City,
MO
64108
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Again, what a lovely theatre and thanks “Driveintheatre” for the addtional flickr photos! This theatre is truly a “gem”!
Here’s 3 Photos I took of the GEM back in November of 2007.. Enjoy!
Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer
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This theatre has a Vitrolite tile exterior. The work was done by Tim Dunn, Vitrolite specialist located in St. Louis MO.
Here is a 1989 photo.
This is a recent photo.
1985 Photo
1988 Photo
From the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/cswesr
A 2008 photo can be seen here.
Don, that’s a lovely picture.
My November 2007 image of the GEM THEATER.
www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2051022815
This is another 2007 photo of the Gem Theater.
Here is a 2007 photo of the Gem Theater.
This is a close-up view of the Gem Theater.
Another photo of the Gem Theater can be seen here.
The Gem Theater was designed by local Kansas City architect George Carman.
This is a 1997 Kansas City Star article about the re-opening of the Gem Theater.
This is another recent photo of the Gem theater.
The Gem theater currently has 500 seats. This website has some background on the Gem theater. A recent photo of the Gem theater can be seen here.
For the technically minded (which excludes me), here is an article about sound recording at the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/qcnj6
Yet another photo of this lovely theater:
http://haphazardous.net/index.php?showimage=103
Here is a night view of the Gem theater.
View of the vertical and the fornt facade.
http://snipurl.com/obw6
The marquee appears to be art deco. Would one say that the building is Colonial Revival?
This is a photo of the Gem Theater.