Incredible Abandoned 1920's Movie Palace - A Century of Cinema Frozen in Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- 100 years ago this movie palace was constructed, with moldings and statues from all around the world, only using the best materials to give movie goers the best viewing experience. As the decades went by, this venue became less and less popular as cheaper less expensive theaters opened up around the world, leaving this grandeur of the 1920's in the past. Abandoned in the 1970's this theater is a time capsule into an entirely different century, one of luxury and class. This was a top explore for me as it is my goal to travel into these buildings and seemingly go back into another era upon entering them . If you enjoy the video let me know by giving the video a thumbs up and thank you for watching!
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This should be restored. How beautiful!!
That’s exactly what’s happening (hence him mentioning it three times in the video).
untappedcities.com/2019/07/26/photos-inside-connecticuts-abandoned-poli-palace-theater/
@@lukehess2360 I do hope it happens as reading online it's sort of paused at the moment due to the cost of removing asbestos ect BUT they were reports from around 2 yrs ago ...also covid wont have helped sadly! BUT to give you some idea of what it COULD look like after restoration here is what they did with the Waterbury Palace theatre also a Poli creation that is extreamly similar to this one ( not mentioning where this one is OBV as dark explorations haven't but didnt take much finding on google and im from the U.K) Anyhow have a look at this link and it will give you some insight into what could be if everything pans out and goes a head i do hope it does as not many grand theatres / cinemas left these days with original plasterwork, ect that havent been altered ! www.palacewaterbury.com/index.shtml
"bad area" = One ethnic group...
@@orionxtc1119 it’s destiny is to become one big fancy crack den
i agree there is enough money out there to restore this to it's original condition and put it on the historical register and maybe host some events in the future
It's sad to see history like this just falling apart. This kind of architecture isn't found very often anymore. The detail, the design, the elegance. When people celebrated life. Valued the finest things they could obtain.
yes, so sad.😢
This beautiful theatre would make a great concert hall for a ballet/opera company and/or symphony orchestra. It should be restored and repurposed as a performing arts venue, and the hotel could be restored and repurposed as a performing arts academy…
A lot of theaters like this where built in the 1920’s. I am in the Omaha, NE area and we have the Orpheum Theater, built 1927, and its luckily been preserved and kept in primo condition. Its on the Historic Registry.
I'm in Omaha too and was thinking the same thing. It's such a shame that someone doesn't buy and use this beautiful building for something.
What !!? No way - I am in Wichita, KS and we also have an Orpheum Theater
Here in Ireland, none have been preserved and none have escaped the bulldozer... many were called "palace" because they were so lavishly decorated... sad to see a bygone era destroyed... alls such buildings should be preserved....
@@orionxtc1119 The cost is too high. Money is used for other purposes.
Tampa as well. Also, the Orpheum in Memphis
The condition this place is still in after all these years, just shows how well things where made back then.
When you saw the Chiclets Tiny Size pack and said it was “REALLY old” my 35 year old heart died. Rest in peace, my youth!
Those projectors should be in a Museum!
That Ceiling😲 I can only imagine what the hotel rooms look like. Why are these buildings accessible if they are to be repurposed?
Me too. That was my favorite gum when I was a little girl.
Same. lol.
Tiny size chicklets date to late seventies. Before that the were bigger.
haha same... im like shit i ate those in the 90s that aint really old
This video had me in such awe from beginning to end . I felt like I was right there with you the whole time . You deliver the true beauty of each place you go with such enthusiasm . One of your best 👏🏻 great job Thankyou so much!!!!
I could not have said it better myself Allie!! This young man is so respectful and passionate about what he does.
What a phenomenal place that was. It's so sad that its just sitting empty and falling to pieces. Should be a historic landmark since you rarely see like this anymore. Even the bathrooms were elegant. Really enjoyed this video.
Yeah those projectors alone should be in a museum it's such a shame, but at least there are some great explorers out there doing there best to document such places.
Awesome place! It deserves to be restored into a theater, music & conference venue! And a little film museum. Go for it!
I LOVED how you caught the shadow of the Candy Bar! Best shot I have seen in ages! 💜💜
I love it when you document abandoned theaters, both modern and classical.
I can see how you can stay there for hours just looking around what a beautiful place. Thanks for showing us around 👍
This building is nothing less than Phenomenal!!! I have to say, I’ve never seen anything so beautiful before!
WHY are we not trying to preserve this???
With all the materials used in building this, surely it can be used for some purpose???
My heart breaks to think that it’s just been left to fall apart! What a waste!!!
I’d give anything to be able to see this in person. It’s simply takes my breath away! One of your best! Thank you so much for sharing this!! I truly love your work!👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️💥💥💥💥💥
I'm impressed that neither building appears to have fallen victim to the usual vandals. I do hope that wherever this place is located, someone with money and vision will save and restore it. Turning a space like that into a performing arts center could go a long way for revitalization of an area.
There have been many plans over the years but none come to fruition.
Probably torn down or gutted and converted into empty condos to hide offshore money in. The city beautiful movement is a thing of the past. I get very cynical after watching a few abandoned urban ex videos.
Wish they could somehow make this place into a museum! It's gorgeous!
Thanks for a great video. Time goes on, and we bring in the new and forget about the past. We have become a throw-away society, with very little thought of what went before us. Keep making these videos; they make us reflect on what once was.
And maybe that we should start doing better…
That place was magnificent!! You say it’s being repurposed but do you know if they will keep the main bones of the building? It should be protected as a listed building as it’s too exquisite. Brilliant find I loved this 🌹
The three actual projector heads are missing, these are the "PEERLES" carbon arcs and the other two are slide and spotlight lanterns!...This building is magnificent and should be preserved and reused...Here in the UK, we have lost so much of our cinema history with no thought
Agreed Barrie! in the uk most were turned into bingo halls and then abandoned in the 90s for new build bingo halls and either demolished or left to rot! I was lucky enough to work in a coral / gala bingo back home till they moved to a new build ....BUT the old cinema building we used to work in still stands and is used as a furniture shop for the last 20 yrs ...sadly they have demolished a lot of the inner walls where the projection room was and built an extra floor in the stalls up to balcony level! the pavillion where i worked in ashton under lyne was built in 1908 so is 113 yrs old this yr and still standing thank god ! cinematreasures.org/theaters/23555
You are correct Barrie,it must be saved at all cost for the future.
Gobsmacked, and heartbreakingly sad to look at such a stunning monument. 😔
*Unbelievable. Majestic. What a shame to let this historical building decay this way.*
Wow, this is from an era long forgotten. What a beautiful and magical place. Awesome exploration man!
Great video . I’m glad people are posting these videos on TH-cam . People don’t realize the beauty of old architecture and how important it is to preserve . It takes enormous amount of money to fix and maintain but its part of our American history. Just gorgeous !
The "two record players" are really one reel to reel tape deck. for audio tapes. Great history capture though! Keep up the good work!
AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing and documenting this piece of art.
Outstanding video Amigo ! Many thumbs up. Your closing shots with music are badass ! I have been in dozens of abandon and closed theaters, you really nailed the atmosphere. Just be careful, wear your mask,travel in pairs and avoid anything that says asbestos.Keep up the great work !! and also really great work with your lighting ......!
As an artist who worked in the theatre...it makes me nostalgically sick to see this WASTE as it sits UNAPPRECIATED! Disgusting how CRIME and DISRESPECT of ONE GENERATION OF MEN/WOMEN can RUIN HISTORICAL ARTWORKS such as these. Man is becoming a REPUGNANT beast that WASTES and DOESN'T APPRECIATE what OTHERS who came before us have left for us to appreciate, use and enjoy to the fullest! That is a LOT OF HARD WORK done by MANY in hopes that WE would ALL GET TO APPRECIATE AND TAKE CARE OF IT! Thanks again for sharing and documenting the CRIME OF WASTE!
"People buy tickets to theatres, not movies." ~ Marcus Loew
well, that was before people had home air conditioning lol
How in the world do they keep the bad neighborhood out! I would LOVE to hear that pipe organ!!! This theater is INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!
The OLD projectors were in fact Slide projectors, used for advertisements and messages. The tape recorder was a up market TEAC semi pro machine. Worth a lot of money to the collector these days. A very nice theatre, but by todays standards quite a small screen. The speakers on the side walls were probably added in the 70/80s as an early surround sound system.
Absolutely beautiful... ❤❤❤
I haven't even seen the full video as yet. But I know it's gonna be awesome. Always looking forward to more. Love from India #keepexploring
This is amazing! So beautiful.
Just on time i wanted to watch something and now i know what to watch ❤
Well up there with Steve Ronin with the way you've documented this. I've followed your work for a long while and your efforts have really paid off with this one. Great atmospherics and attention to detail. This place has just stopped in time, brilliant! 👍👍🇬🇧
Architectural wonders like these falling on hard time is a tragedy but typical.
That theater is gorgeous. It's such a shame it is abandoned. It should at least be restored and preserved as a historic building.
That is a theater pipe organ in the smaller theater--not a piano. Appears to be somewhat a large one having three keyboards. Would like to know what the builders name is--should be on a tag on the front. Thanks for capturing this piece of history. By the way, I have a pipe organ in my home that I removed from a 1925 theater that had been abandoned.
I read it was a Hall organ installed there originally
Wow that pipe organ must be a real treasure. Sounds neat!
@@susanlongb4 Hall built some really nice instruments. Do you know where this theater is located?
Is it a mighty wirlitzer?
Great video! What a place--this should be preserved. Always impressed that you find these hidden gems that haven't been all graffiti'd up. Great work!
Nice explore, I feel your passion. The "organ" you pointed out quite early on are dummy pipes made of plaster for decorative purposes. The organ pipes proper would be in chambers behind those dummies. I don`t know if the organ is still present as nobody seems to explore those parts much as I will them to.
I just love that kind of places scattered around the world. I'm Chilean and it's rare to see them here. I think my elementary school will end up like them by 2050 and my university too.
Wow. What an amazing place!
That place is incredible. It reminds me of a theater in South Jersey that I went to as a kid it was also around in the 1920s. These places are absolutely amazing. That was an incredible explore.
Just beautiful so glad you were able to document it!
The building with its architectural beauty is awesome! Makes it so sad to think that this can’t be saved…
When you walked down to show how big the theatre is, it reminded me of Grover on Sesame Street demonstrating the difference between near and far 🤣! But, seriously, great video! Great find and amazing architecture!
Such an amazing and beautiful building. It's sad to see these places disappearing over time. I wish we still constructed buildings like these, it's a grace and elegance we have lost over time. Modern isn't always better.
This has by far been my favorite exploration ! Great job with the cinematography, this theater is absolutely stunning .
Great video, I just recently rewatched the Proper people doing this same place and there have been a few changes I noticed in the last couple of years.
Back in 2019 both stages where blocked from view by huge elagent painted curtains which have now vanished the large theater had a gold and cream embroidered curtain and the smaller was painted with a baroque mural.
Also back then the smaller theater was totally filled completely with stage props filling the whole room and it was lit up with builders spotlights. It looks like most of the props have now been cleared out.
Love stateting my weekend with vids from you and proper people! The two urb ex I love the most! So well produced and interesting!
Beautiful 😍
Must have been so majestic in its day. Absolutely stunning place!! Thanks, great vid! X
Absolutely loved this one! Thank you for sharing this and for all your work. Its a pleasure to watch your videos!!
Very sad to watch such videos of what a glorious past and buildings we had, and we will never see them again.
Beautiful video man. I thought they renovated this by now.
deeply thank you for such a treasure you shared amazing to see! Cheers man!
For a place abandoned for 46 years, it’s in great shape! It’s in a condition that the average building takes only about 10 years to reach. Obviously well built and well maintained right up to closure.
June 24, 2021 5:52 am
Is this in Detroit
All I can say is "WOW"!!!!
That was such an awesome watch! Reminds me of the Stanley Theatre in Jersey City, a high-end theater from the 20s with built in constellation-accurate star projector with moving clouds for the domed ceiling, and architecture surrounding the stage that, together with the projector when the lights were turned off, resembled a night in Venice. It also went downhill during the 70s (didn't everything) but was rescued in the 80s/90s and fully restored, and as a child I got to see that awe-inspiring early technology demonstrated many times until regular public tours ceased around 2008 or so. (Private tours still happen on a case by case basis.)
Thank you for sharing the tour of this elegant, exquisite architectural marvel. My heart aches that a space like this was not ever preserved. I was enthralled during your tour and just imagined the life and emotions this building once captured. ♥️
A very beautiful place they should restore it like it was.
THANK YOU - FOR THIS VIDEO !!!
Absolutely stunning! As beautiful as this place is I would be a bit freaked out exploring alone! Thanks for sharing this amazing site!
Imagine the history of that theater?
Chicklets gum. I used to chew that a lot when I was a kid.
Absolutely stunning place
I been inside back in the 1970s. My mom and grandmother worked there for a long time and other Theaters around the city. There are talks of taking them down soon.
literally just 2 mins in and this is already amazing. wow great find!
Those Tiny Size Chicklets are from the '70s. Packet is exactly the same as the one's my great Aunt Joan used to pull out of her purse for me as a kid.
Awesome video of a abandoned 1920s theater.
ITS ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS
Awesome job as always I love watching your videos you are the best keep up the good work keep doing what you're doing don't stop bring us some more content I love it
The Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown MD is similar to this, although not as large or elaborate. When a fire destroyed the lobby and apartment building attached to the front, the theater itself was preserved and it in use today. A new large lobby and floors above it house a ballroom and a room for small productions. It was never allowed to deteriorate as bad as this.
There were a couple of theatres in Northern New Jersey like this that I would go to as a kid. They were beautiful too!
I've seen a lot of abandoned building explore videos. A LOL!! There is not a ONE that compares to the beauty and elegance of this building. I only hope that this can go into a historical presevation society's hands so it can get a little TLC for the future to enjoy it.
You say that the neighbourhood is now a high crime area, yet the building is still in remarkably good condition. That's amazing.
WOW, great video, amazing place. Thank you.
Amazing!! Thanks for uploading.
Really well shot, both you and the crew explored with sincerity, wonder and really feeling the history of the place. Everyone keeps mentioning errors, but you guys are young, it’s not a big deal. It’s rad to have guys like and the crew care so much. Good content man.
Goosbumps looking this Devin,what a wonderful place,what a wonderful Video,you are a right gye with a lot of respect for all this beautiful locations. Keep Up the good Work and stay healthy my friend....many greetings from Germany
Thanks for continuing with your content. I appreciate you. Your videos are therapeutic to me. My cousin showed me some of his drone footage, you should consider looking into one if you haven’t already. Take care brother.
Yes it should. It looks like the paramount theatre in Austin Texas. It was a great theatre to go to. Many times as a young womsn I did. They restored the paramount in Austin. Now they have plays there.
Incredible video. Thank you for sharing
Another top notch video…thank you for sharing.
One of my first urban exploration videos that I ever saw was this threatre on the Proper People's channel. After that, I've been hooked -- Love seeing your video on this place, one of my favorites! Something still so special about it.
Yeah it took me a second but I knew I had seen this place before lol.
The still shots really captured the beauty!!
Amazing no graffiti! And still has power? Great explore! 🥰🥰🥰
Wow! I can imagine watching some the great silent films there. What a beautiful Cinema. Thanks for the coverage.
The organ was probably for the silent pictures. I wonder if the theatre also hosted vaudeville shows?
The treasures our culture were built on are touchstones to how we move forward.
OMG. This is a magnificient theater
Would love to see the behind the scenes area, Lighting rigging above stage, dressing area. etc The way some of these theaters are designed off view is just as interesting.
Reminds me of what happened to the Loew’s Wonder Theatres and their surrounding areas. Those at the very least have all been restored for concerts and historic tours!! (Although the areas where they are remain not the best)
this one was also a Loew's sometime in the 1930's
Golly, I'd love to have seen this place in its heyday! Magnificent!
see it when it was in better shape. catersnews.com/stories/amazing/curtin-call-spectacular-silent-film-era-theatre-abandoned-and-perfectly-preserved-in-the-1920s/
Breath taking to watch.
Always love your video's and background info. The old record players you showed were really reel to reel tape recorders maybe made by Teac, RCA, Ampex, Magna Tech, and the list goes on. These were some of the first tape recording devices put out for consumer. My father got one in 1967. Thanks for the video.
Truly breathtaking!
This was Wonderful! Thank You!
Beautiful cinema! Should be preserved as a historical landmark. Where is this?????
Where is this masterpiece? Wow....just...wow...
It seems this place was used ORIGINALLY for performances, plays, actresses and actors and the like. There MIGHT have even been (I'm totally wild guessing here.) some VERY famous for their time individuals that performed here and in places like this. A little later on the then current owners had it RETROFITTED for showing movies & films. This place DEFINITELY one BILLION percent NEEDS to be saved!
Live performances and silent films.
Very well made,alovely video,thank you.