1931 – Uptown Bowling Lanes, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: Max Blankstein
Opened on 24 Dec 1931, the interior of the theatre was gutted in 1960 and was turned into a bowling alley which it still functions as today.
1938 – Former Aldephi Cinema, Abbey Street, Dublin
Architect: W.R. Glen
Open until the early 1990s, the Adelphi was demolished and part of its façade retained to provide car parking for the expanded Arnott’s Department Store.
1932 – Former Carlton Cinema, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Robinson Keefe
One of Dublin’s finest Art Deco facades, the former Carlton Cinema has been closed for over a decade and is not awaiting demolition.
1929 – Savoy Cinema, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: F.C. Mitchell
Designed in the same stripped Classical style as the adjacent Gresham Hotel and Hammam Chambers, the Savoy was once one of the great “atmospherics”
1920 – Former Screen Cinema, Eden Quay, Dublin
Architect: T.F. McNamara / Jones & Kelly
Originally rebuilt after the 1916 destruction of this part of Dublin, as the Corinthian Cinema,
1921 – Former Astor Cinema, Eden Quay, Dublin
Architect: Frederick W. Higginbotham
Replacing two buildings destroyed in the 1916 Rising, Nos. 7-8 Eden Quay was re-constructed as a ballroom and commercial premises.
1925 – Former Regal Cinema, Ringsend, Dublin
Architect: T.F. McNamara
Like many Dublin suburbs, Ringsend had its own cinema. Unfortunately like many, it closed due to declining attendences.
1939 – Ritz Cinema, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Michael Scott & Associates
The Ritz Cinema in Athlone (1939) is attributed to Scott but was in fact designed by Bill O’Dwyer who was working and studying in the office of Michael Scott at that time.
1930s – Former Empire Cinema, Quebec City, Quebec
Former Art Deco cinema now subsumed into the neighbouring department store, but tastefully so. The awning over the sidewalk is still intact as is most of the original Art Deco detailing.
1938 – Ritz Cinema, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Michael Scott & Associates
The original perspective drawings for the Ritz Cinema, include large areas of glazing on the facade as well as between the pilotis on the side elevation,
