Tuesday 24 July 2012

Erskineville, theatre

This former theatre is located on King Street, in the inner city suburb of Erskineville. While it is technically located in Erskineville, it is close to St Peters railway station and was in fact known as the St Peters Theatre, when it was a World Picture Palace. It was designed by Emile Sodersten in the Federation Romanesque architectural style and built in 1927. The cinema closed in 1960 and the building was subsequently used as a warehouse. It now houses a gym upstairs and shops on the street level.

17 comments:

  1. I don't like it when picture theatres are turned into laundries or something else, but destroying them would be MUCH worse. So well done Erskineville.

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  2. Gee, that's a real beauty. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  3. Wonderful history it calls its own. Great, that it is taken much care of. Please have a good Tuesday.


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  4. Well, at least the building facade seems to be well preserved.

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  5. Wonderful building and so beautifully preserved! Great capture, Jim, as always. I do love the colors!

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  6. I'm always glad to see new uses for old buildings, instead of seeing the buildings torn down.


    My Ruby

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  7. It is a lovely building....looks like it's sitting on the shops, rather that it all being one structure....

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  8. Beautifully captured!

    Would you come and comment on my Ruby Tuesday post? Thanks!

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  9. Just gorgeous! Visiting from ruby Tuesday.

    Your comment on my Ruby Tuesday post would mean a lot!

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