Here is a set of photos i took last weekend, the frontage still looks great apart from as usual with london cinemas, someone has planted a tree in front to hide it.
Little remains of the lobby just the front doors and some sexy curved plasterwork above them, but nothing else from what i could see
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The Granada was open to the public last weekend, so i was able to go mad and get loads of amazin shots, pity the organ wasnt on display
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stripped of its mecca signage, lots of fitting piled up in the lobby but no signs that the building has been secured. Whats the chances of it being victim to vandalism and illegal rave clubbing nights http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1226291019/
rumoured to be closing for bingo in august, a huge tragedy if it is boarded up and allowed to rot.
Apart from becoming a concert venue like hammersmith apollo or brixton academy which would damage the fragile interior, i cant imagine what it could be used for, its simply too big to be a theatre or cinema again neither of which is needed in the area.
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here are a load of shots taken of this amazing cinema taken last weekend, its in very good condition and looks amazing – lots of other nice deco still remaiining elsewhere in the town including the pier View link
three pics taken last weekend of the exterior
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Here is a set of photos i took last weekend, the frontage still looks great apart from as usual with london cinemas, someone has planted a tree in front to hide it.
Little remains of the lobby just the front doors and some sexy curved plasterwork above them, but nothing else from what i could see
Click on the thumnails to open them to a larger size
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The Granada was open to the public last weekend, so i was able to go mad and get loads of amazin shots, pity the organ wasnt on display
here is a link to the set of photos i took, click on a thumbnail to open up to larger size
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heres an early 90’s shot that i took of all three theatres
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an arty shot i took nov 2005 that kind of sums up the feel of the playpen, sad to see more new york heritage being swept away
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stripped of its mecca signage, lots of fitting piled up in the lobby but no signs that the building has been secured. Whats the chances of it being victim to vandalism and illegal rave clubbing nights
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/1226291019/
exterior shot taken Aug 2007
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an amazing victorian building next door to the Dominion has just been flattened, allowing this view of the side of the lobby block
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nightime exterior shot i took in 1989
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and another demolition shot from the screen end
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and as demolition started
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exterior in 1989
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/731116888/
grainy bw photo i took shortly after closure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/731116912/
rumoured to be closing for bingo in august, a huge tragedy if it is boarded up and allowed to rot.
Apart from becoming a concert venue like hammersmith apollo or brixton academy which would damage the fragile interior, i cant imagine what it could be used for, its simply too big to be a theatre or cinema again neither of which is needed in the area.
set of photos here
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exterior summer 2006
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interior summer 2006
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exterior photo taken may 2007
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photos taken summer 2006
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interior shots of the stairs and lobby and the former auditorium
http://www.flickr.com/photos/woody1969/492953019/
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here are a load of shots taken of this amazing cinema taken last weekend, its in very good condition and looks amazing – lots of other nice deco still remaiining elsewhere in the town including the pier
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photo from spring 2006 in the last days of the protesters who were trying to save the building
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looking amazing in spring 2006
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nightime shot of the building march 2007 as GYMBOX
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nightime shot taken march 2007
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recent nightime shot
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nightime shot of the exterior of the plaza building, with the discrete apollo entrance on the lower left side
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