Yes, the perfect things for memories are photographs and artifacts. I do indeed have some shots of the projection room. Follow this link and you’ll be greeted to a few. View link
-Mike
Hey everyone. I stopped in at the Avon Theater yesturday to see what was left of it. The stage, and the balcony as well as the projection room all remain. The owner said all the projectors and seats, though, were taken away by the owners of the Drive in Theater on Green Mountian Road, when the current owner of the Avon bought it. It’s not used as a rug and flooring store and the balcony is storage. The projection room is not used at all. The entire theater is almost as it was before. Condition wise that is. The sound proofing tiles on the walls are all intact, the balcony looks brand new and so on. I have some extreamly bad photos of the place. I didnt have a tripod and the lighting was terrible, but you can still make a lot out. Some of the photos are on such an angle that I dont even know how they got like that. But, I suppose it’s better than nothing. Just follow this link and you shall see the photos!
You are very welcome for the photos. I have plenty of photos of the interior condition of this theater as I have been there many times recently. Mark, you are right. The design on the wall of auditorium does have three on each side, except now they are not covered by red drapes. As for your question, Mark, The wall at the back of the stage would have been there with the screen. When this theater was converted into a movie house, they moved the entire stage up. They put up that wall to block off the back of the building where the Lyric stage would have been. It sits empty now with trap doors to the basement and I ladder to the east offices. There are also two basement accesses back stage and the door that now leads to the alley way. If anyone has any questions of the current state, feel free to ask.
Sorry about that. I did some account upgrading, and I made it publically viewable. It was private last time. So yes, just follow the link again and it should work. If not, just tell me again!
The Lyric is my favourite theater in this city. Over the past 3 months, I'v been in and out of there. The plans to convert that theater into lofts are there, but they have been floating around for about 7 years. Before that idea, they wanted to convert it into a club, which is why all the seats were removed. The balcony is still standing. Its directly above the false ceiling which is plaster. The roof of the building had collapsed into the balcony, and still sits there today. I'v crawled through the that area, under the roof. Its very depressing to see it like that. Such a beautiful building. The lofts idea was only to use part of the building. The owner wanted to keep the front foyer, convert in, and then tear the rest of the building down.
I was at this pawn shop yesturday trying to aquire some information on the theater. The guy I talked to was a young guy, he said that the theater was before his time. But, at the current time the theater is a pawn shop on the main floor but the upstairs is just storage for the pawn shop. The guy said that there is still a balcony, but due to it being a jewlery store as well, there are certain security measures that are causing them to not be able to tell me more about this theater.
Yes, the perfect things for memories are photographs and artifacts. I do indeed have some shots of the projection room. Follow this link and you’ll be greeted to a few. View link
-Mike
Hey everyone. I stopped in at the Avon Theater yesturday to see what was left of it. The stage, and the balcony as well as the projection room all remain. The owner said all the projectors and seats, though, were taken away by the owners of the Drive in Theater on Green Mountian Road, when the current owner of the Avon bought it. It’s not used as a rug and flooring store and the balcony is storage. The projection room is not used at all. The entire theater is almost as it was before. Condition wise that is. The sound proofing tiles on the walls are all intact, the balcony looks brand new and so on. I have some extreamly bad photos of the place. I didnt have a tripod and the lighting was terrible, but you can still make a lot out. Some of the photos are on such an angle that I dont even know how they got like that. But, I suppose it’s better than nothing. Just follow this link and you shall see the photos!
View link
You are very welcome for the photos. I have plenty of photos of the interior condition of this theater as I have been there many times recently. Mark, you are right. The design on the wall of auditorium does have three on each side, except now they are not covered by red drapes. As for your question, Mark, The wall at the back of the stage would have been there with the screen. When this theater was converted into a movie house, they moved the entire stage up. They put up that wall to block off the back of the building where the Lyric stage would have been. It sits empty now with trap doors to the basement and I ladder to the east offices. There are also two basement accesses back stage and the door that now leads to the alley way. If anyone has any questions of the current state, feel free to ask.
Sorry about that. I did some account upgrading, and I made it publically viewable. It was private last time. So yes, just follow the link again and it should work. If not, just tell me again!
View link
Follow this link to my photobucket gallery for The Century. The pics are decent, but I have better. Enjoy
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The Lyric is my favourite theater in this city. Over the past 3 months, I'v been in and out of there. The plans to convert that theater into lofts are there, but they have been floating around for about 7 years. Before that idea, they wanted to convert it into a club, which is why all the seats were removed. The balcony is still standing. Its directly above the false ceiling which is plaster. The roof of the building had collapsed into the balcony, and still sits there today. I'v crawled through the that area, under the roof. Its very depressing to see it like that. Such a beautiful building. The lofts idea was only to use part of the building. The owner wanted to keep the front foyer, convert in, and then tear the rest of the building down.
So, from what I’m reading here, when the front of the Tivoli collapsed, was that technically the Princess Theater that was falling over?
I was at this pawn shop yesturday trying to aquire some information on the theater. The guy I talked to was a young guy, he said that the theater was before his time. But, at the current time the theater is a pawn shop on the main floor but the upstairs is just storage for the pawn shop. The guy said that there is still a balcony, but due to it being a jewlery store as well, there are certain security measures that are causing them to not be able to tell me more about this theater.