picture palace
Britishnoun
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There’s some of that same complexity in his series “Theaters,” mostly shot from the rear of old picture palaces.
From New York Times
Two years earlier, that Ninth Street NW picture palace had been renovated, its foyer floored in Pompeian marble, its side walls swathed in damask silk.
From Washington Post
The new 13-storey picture palace – which will be one of the largest monographic museums in the world – will include two floors for temporary exhibitions of other artists whose work is in dialogue with Munch’s.
From The Guardian
Yes, the beautiful bones of the picture palace it once was were still there, but for most of us, it was hard to imagine the place would ever regain its former glory.
From Washington Times
"They were prepared to sit in the cold on hard benches. It was along way from the picture palace of the city."
From BBC
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