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Originally Posted by hamilton23
True, love the grand style of the old school theatres. I'm a big fan of the Winter Garden in Toronto. Hope we can see some old theatres be saved and revitalized. People would appreciate them!
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unfortunately there are no big grande theatres left in hamilton- they've all been torn down..
toronto is the only one who has some of the original burlesque theatres left.
And of course nothing like that will ever ever be built ever again - the scale, design requirements artisan requirements and just overall cost and maintenance will just never work again.
It's sad that nothing new will ever have the intricate stonework that the past had.. Thomas Lamb was a visionary.
at least Westdale is getting restored to it's original look, but it's a small theatre in comparison. Hamilton had 2 of the biggest theatres in all of canada. the Capitol theatre and the Palace Theatre, both on king st. one holding 3600 people, the other 2400 people..
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