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There was a time when the theater was celebrated. The wonders it held on the stage or on the silver screen were rare and wonderful, so they were celebrated pieces of architecture. Today, we have the multi-plex. Is it any wonder that the movie going experience has eroded?

decoarchitecture:

The amazing overhang over the Wiltern Theater’s box office.

losangelespast:

The ornate overhang of the Wiltern Theater entrance, Western and Wilshire, 1931.

rcruzniemiec:

Pennsylvania  Station

From the collection Changing New York: Photographs by Berenice Abbott, 1935-1938

All images from the New York Public Library Digital Gallery 

You can learn more about Pennsylvania Station’s original structure, which was demolished in 1963 to make room for Madison Square Garden here.

The tearing down of the original Penn Station remains a tragedy of the highest order.

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I love this photo of Broad Street in NYC. Architecturally, it’s not much different today.

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Apartment Therapy is up with a very nice history of the incandescent light bulb. From invention all the way to it’s recently being called “played out” as an element of restaurant design.