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25-404: (Redirected from Hollywood Theater ) Hollywood Theatre or Hollywood Theater may refer to: Hollywood Theater (Minneapolis) , Minnesota, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Hollywood Theater (Chapel Hill, NC) Hollywood Theatre (Portland, Oregon) , NRHP-listed Hollywood Theater (Leavenworth, Kansas) , listed on

50-586: A seating capacity of just under 1000. Much of the interior features are influenced by the Zig-Zag Moderne and Streamline Moderne styles. The exterior is built of smooth Kasota limestone with vertical lines that transition to horizontal. Although the theater was praised as "the Twin Cities' most beautiful and modern neighborhood theatre" and the "incomparable showplace of the Northwest", it

75-515: A series of terraces modelled after the decks of an ocean liner. The Flagey Building was built on the Place Flagey in Ixelles (Brussels), Belgium, in 1938, in the paquebot style, and has been nicknamed "Packet Boat" or "paquebot". It was designed by Joseph Diongre  [ fr ] , and selected as the winning design in an architectural competition to create a building to house

100-576: Is Hollywood, California 's Julian Medical Building , which has been described as a "landmark", "an architectural masterpiece", and "one of the crowning achievements of Streamline Moderne." The building's distinctive features include a rounded Moderne corner, windswept tower, and pylon-separated horizontally-reinforced windows. Although Streamline Moderne houses are less common than streamline commercial buildings, residences do exist. The Lydecker House in Los Angeles , built by Howard Lydecker ,

125-535: Is an example of Streamline Moderne design in residential architecture. In tract development, elements of the style were sometimes used as a variation in postwar row housing in San Francisco's Sunset District . In France, the style was called Paquebot , meaning ocean liner . The French version was inspired by the launch of the ocean liner Normandie in 1935, which featured an Art Deco dining room with columns of Lalique crystal. Buildings using variants of

150-413: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hollywood Theater (Minneapolis) The Art Deco theater building opened on October 26, 1935, and the marquee proclaimed it the "Incomparable Showcase of the Northwest". The theater, designed by architects Jack Liebenberg and Seeman Kaplan, had a generous budget that allowed for elaborate decoration in

175-524: The L'Atlantique (1930), and the Normandie (1935). Patout's building on Avenue Victor lacked the curving lines of the American version of the style, but it had a narrow "bow" at one end, where the site was narrow, long balconies like the decks of a ship, and a row of projections like smokestacks on the roof. Another 1935 Paris apartment building at 1 Avenue Paul Doumer in the 16th arrondissement had

200-500: The Great Depression of the 1930s progressed, Americans saw a new aspect of Art Deco , i.e., streamlining, a concept first conceived by industrial designers who stripped Art Deco design of its ornament in favor of the aerodynamic pure-line concept of motion and speed developed from scientific thinking. The cylindrical forms and long horizontal windowing in architecture may also have been influenced by constructivism , and by

225-583: The New Objectivity artists, a movement connected to the German Werkbund . Examples of this style include the 1923 Mossehaus , the reconstruction of the corner of a Berlin office building in 1923 by Erich Mendelsohn and Richard Neutra . The Streamline Moderne was sometimes a reflection of austere economic times; sharp angles were replaced with simple, aerodynamic curves, and ornament was replaced with smooth concrete and glass . The style

250-462: The 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design, it was used in railroad locomotives, telephones, buses, appliances, and other devices to give the impression of sleekness and modernity. In France, it was called the style paquebot , or "ocean liner style", and was influenced by the design of the luxury ocean liner SS Normandie , launched in 1932. As

275-931: The NRHP in Leavenworth County Hollywood Theatre (Las Vegas) , at the MGM Grand Las Vegas Hollywood Theater (Los Angeles) , the oldest theater in Hollywood and a contributing building to the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District Hollywood Theatre (New York City) , the original name of the Mark Hellinger Theatre Hollywood Theatre (Toronto) , Toronto's first cinema built to show "talkies" Topics referred to by

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300-784: The Streamline Deco style of design; its facade and structure made a "powerful statement of geometric mass punctuated by the entrance, exits, and three small windows that served the projection booth." Liebenberg and Kaplan went on to design the Riverview Theatre in Minneapolis and the Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale. The building featured a tall vertical sign, a patterned terrazzo floor, gilded pillars, and acoustical tiles in geometric patterns. It had

325-536: The appearance of newness and sleekness. Other later examples include the 1950 Nash Ambassador "Airflyte" sedan with its distinctive low fender lines, as well as Hudson 's postwar cars, such as the Commodore , that "were distinctive streamliners—ponderous, massive automobiles with a style all their own". Streamlining became a widespread design practice for aircraft, railroad locomotives, and ships. Streamline style can be contrasted with functionalism , which

350-472: The brick walls and water in the basement. In 2009, the city bought an adjacent property and cleared it to provide extra space for parking or related development. In 2015, the property was sold to Minneapolis real estate developer and entrepreneur Andrew Volna with plans to renovate it into an event venue while retaining the building's historic character. Renovation of the theater was completed in early 2023 and reopened shortly afterwards. The Hollywood Theater

375-588: The former headquarters of the Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting (INR/NIR). The building was extensively renovated, and in 2002, it reopened as a cultural centre known as Le Flagey. The defining event for streamline moderne design in the United States was the 1933–34 Chicago World's Fair , which introduced the style to the general public. The new automobiles adapted the smooth lines of ocean liners and airships, giving

400-414: The impression of efficiency, dynamism, and speed. The grills and windshields tilted backwards, cars sat lower and wider, and they featured smooth curves and horizontal speed lines. Examples include the 1934 Chrysler Airflow and the 1934 Studebaker Land Cruiser . The cars also featured new materials, including bakelite plastic, formica , Vitrolight opaque glass, stainless steel , and enamel , which gave

425-650: The original decoration and detail, including murals by artist and color theoretician Hilaire Hiler . The architects were William Mooser Jr. and William Mooser III. It is now the administrative center of Aquatic Park Historic District. The Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico , which opened during 1942, is built in the stylized shape of the ocean liner SS Normandie , and displays the ship's original sign. The Sterling Streamliner Diners in New England were diners designed like streamlined trains. Another example

450-431: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hollywood Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hollywood_Theatre&oldid=1229422445 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

475-704: The style appeared in Belgium and in Paris, notably in a building at 3 boulevard Victor in the 15th arrondissement , by the architect Pierre Patout . He was one of the founders of the Art Deco style. He designed the entrance to the Pavilion of a Collector at the 1925 Exposition of Decorative Arts, the birthplace of the style. He was also the designer of the interiors of three ocean liners, the Ile-de-France (1926),

500-429: The theater into fourteen apartments, and another proposal in 1989 included converting the building to a photograph and film production studio. The Minneapolis Community Development Agency bought the theater in 1993. In 1998, they considered proposals for reuse, such as a full restoration, a partial rehabilitation such as the lobby area, or completely demolishing the theater. At the time, concerns included deterioration of

525-656: The walls. They were frequently white or in subdued pastel colors. An example of this style is the Aquatic Park Bathhouse in the Aquatic Park Historic District , in San Francisco. Built beginning in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration , it features the distinctive horizontal lines, classic rounded corners railing and windows of the style, resembling the elements of ship. The interior preserves much of

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550-524: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2014. It was considered notable for its Streamline Moderne design by prominent theater architects Liebenberg & Kaplan and its association with the growth of locally owned, streetcar-accessible neighborhood cinemas during the Great Depression . Streamline Moderne Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in

575-536: Was not financially successful. It went through a series of ownership changes until it closed in 1987. The theater was designated as a local landmark by the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission in 1990. It was unable to compete with video stores and multiplexes. Despite the historic designation, a number of development proposals for the property have fizzled since its closing. A 1989 proposal hinted at converting

600-469: Was the first Moderne interior preserved in a museum . Streamline Moderne appeared most often in buildings related to transportation and movement, such as bus and train stations, airport terminals, roadside cafes, and port buildings. It had characteristics common with modern architecture , including a horizontal orientation, rounded corners, the use of glass brick walls or porthole windows, flat roofs, chrome-plated hardware, and horizontal grooves or lines in

625-556: Was the first to incorporate electric light into architectural structure. In the first-class dining room of the SS Normandie , fitted out 1933–35, twelve tall pillars of Lalique glass, and 38 columns lit from within illuminated the room. The Strand Palace Hotel foyer (1930), preserved from demolition by the Victoria and Albert Museum during 1969, was one of the first uses of internally lit architectural glass, and coincidentally

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