Just to clarify for everyone, today’s theater (where live productions are performed) is to the LEFT of the original Royal. Look at the picture closely…the facade with the marquee is just that, a facade. You can see the metal structure in the back through the right ‘hallway’ and you can see a pair of gray metal doors through the left ‘hallway’. In the middle, directly under the marquee, is what is used as a box office. You would enter the theater through the gray double doors or the French doors to the left of the marquee facade. The reason your 1988 pic looks so similar to the current pic is b/c the lot to the right (east) of the marquee has not changed. The facade is the original marquee and the building next door is the new theater space. Then on the other side of the theater (to the left in your pic, or to the west) is one of Larry’s bookstores. This little Royal complex (along with the Spur Hotel) comprise the Northeast corner of the town square.
Just to clarify for everyone, today’s theater (where live productions are performed) is to the LEFT of the original Royal. Look at the picture closely…the facade with the marquee is just that, a facade. You can see the metal structure in the back through the right ‘hallway’ and you can see a pair of gray metal doors through the left ‘hallway’. In the middle, directly under the marquee, is what is used as a box office. You would enter the theater through the gray double doors or the French doors to the left of the marquee facade. The reason your 1988 pic looks so similar to the current pic is b/c the lot to the right (east) of the marquee has not changed. The facade is the original marquee and the building next door is the new theater space. Then on the other side of the theater (to the left in your pic, or to the west) is one of Larry’s bookstores. This little Royal complex (along with the Spur Hotel) comprise the Northeast corner of the town square.