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The Strand was popular for a time as a vaudevillian theatre. In 1929, the theatre changed management and opened a year later as the Paramount Theatre. To capitalize on the emerging "talking pictures" market, the nearly 2,100-seat auditorium was converted into a movie cinema, making it one of eight in downtown Providence. Four years later, the ...
Paul McCartney said, responding to a female audience member’s shriek midway through his exuberant surprise concert at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday night. “Okay girls, let’s get it ...
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In July 2008, the Strand's stage floor and orchestra pit were replaced and repairs were made to the facade and marquee. [2] On January 9, 2007, Mayor Thomas Menino gave his State of the City Address from the stage of the Strand Theatre to help bring attention to restoration efforts and help revive the Strand's prominence in the city of Boston. [3]
Reeves-Smith served in this capacity until 1941. [27] Savoy hotel, Strand entrance, 1911. After Richard D'Oyly Carte died in 1901, his son Rupert D'Oyly Carte became chairman of the Savoy hotel group in 1903 and supervised the expansion of the hotel and the modernisation of the other hotels in the group's ownership, such as Claridge's. [28]
There are two ballrooms: the 20,456 square foot (1900 m 2) Grand Ballroom (seating up to 2,100) and the 13,200 square foot (1300 m 2) Promenade Ballroom (seating up to 1,400) plus 34 meeting rooms totaling 82,823 square feet (7695 m 2). The convention center and theatre part served as host of the fencing competitions during the 1984 Summer ...
Ballroom capacity: 1,100 persons; Ballroom dimensions: 18,000 square feet (1,700 m 2) ... Private page with many pictures and detailed information about historic ...
Photographer Kim Seunggu documents “leisure culture” in South Korea, a country that recently proposed increasing its maximum working week from 52 to 69 hours and where “gwarosa,” or death ...