Moorish architectural details of the Fox Theatre in Atlanta

Griffins atop the marquee in Detroit.

Vacant Fox in Oakland

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Architectural styles

Many of these grand "movie palaces" were built with a mish-mash of architectural styles drawn from Asian, Indian, Persian, and Moorish influences. Movie palace is a synonym for movie theater, but nowadays usually used for the grand art deco cinemas of the 1910s to 1940s, contrasting with modern multiplexes. ... The Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, China, built in 1165 AD. Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the centuries. ... Iranian architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The interior of the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne. ...

Restorations

The theatres still standing today share almost identical histories of decline and fall into disrepair with subsequent campaigns to save, restore and preserve the architectural relics. Some campaigns succeed, as in Tucson, Arizona, where the Fox Theatre reopened in January 2006 after remaining closed for thirty-two years, or in Fullerton, California, where a non-profit community project is actively restoring the theatre. Several theatres, including the Fox in Atlanta, Georgia and in Visalia, California were only closed briefly before restoration began. There is also a Fox Theatre, originally named the Electric Theatre, in Springfield, Missouri which is currently used as a church. Tucson (pronounced ) is the seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles (188 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles (98 km) north of the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Location of Fullerton within Orange County, California, U.S. Coordinates: , Country State County Orange Government  - Mayor Shawn Nelson Area  - City  22. ... Atlanta redirects here. ... Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately 230 miles southeast of San Francisco and 190 miles north of Los Angeles. ... Hammons Tower in downtown Springfield Springfield is the third largest city in Missouri. ... For the architectural structure, see Church (building). ...

List of Fox Theatres

See the following articles for information about specific theatres.

• Atlanta, Georgia -- Opened 1929, closed 1974, saved 1975, restored
• Aurora, Illinois --Opened 1935, closed 1978, still standing but abandoned and not kept up
• Bakersfield, California -- Opened 1930, closed 1977, saved 1994, restoration continues
• Banning, California -- Currently open with 3 screens.
• Boulder, Colorado -- Opened 1926 as the Rialto Theatre
• Detroit, Michigan -- Opened 1928, restored 1988
• Fullerton, California -- Opened 1925, closed 1987, restoration continues
• Joplin, Missouri -- Opened as Electric Theatre, recently converted to a church
• Hanford, California -- Opened 1929 and is currently used for live concerts, restoration is ongoing ^[1]
  

  Fox Theater in Hanford, California used for live concerts.
• Oakland, California -- Opened 1928, closed 1970, saved 1996, restoration continues
• Paso Robles, California -- Opening and closing dates unknown, still standing but abandoned
• Pomona, California -- Opened 1931, closed 1977, reopened 1998, restoration continues
• Portland, Oregon -- Opened 1911, demolished late 1990s
• Redlands, California -- Opened 1928, vacant, for sale
• San Bernardino, California -- Opened 1929, converted to warehouse 1955, currently begin converted back to theatre
• San Francisco, California -- Opened 1929, closed 1963, demolished
• Seattle, Washington -- Opened 1929, renamed Roxy in 1933, demolished 1992
• St. Louis, Missouri -- Opened 1929, closed 1978, saved 1981, restored
• Spokane, Washington -- Opened 1931, closed 2000, restoration near completion
• Stockton, California -- Opened 1930, closed 1973, saved 1979, restored
• Tucson, Arizona -- Opened 1930, closed 1974, saved 2000, restored
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada -- Opened 1914, in continual operation as movie theatre
• Visalia, California -- Opened 1930, closed 1996, saved 1996, restored
• Green Bay, Wisconsin -- opened February 14, 1930, became the Bay Theater from 1933 to 1998, it was restored in 2002 and is now known as the Meyer Theater.
• Hutchinson, Kansas -- Opened 1931, closed 1963, restored 1999, open

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