What an Opportunity!

In the spring of 2011 a client called to inform me that he found a building he wanted to turn into his home. 

Imagine my surprise when I found the building was a 1926 silent movie theater!

The ‘Granada’ theater built by the Marx Bros.is a Spanish Colonial styled building.

Upon entering the lobby there was very little of the original detail. The arched top theater doors and the mosaic marble tile floors gave me a peek into it's past grandeur. 

Through the theater doors was the stage arch surround with a plaster crest at the top. Over the years the theater had served as a concert hall, and a church, but now sits empty. From the hardwood floors to the intricately painted moldings, all the details that made going to the theater a special treat were gone. To restore the theater to it's original glory would have been cost prohibitive.

The decision was made to re-purpose and convert this once silent theater.

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