Demolition on the auditorium has begun, broken through the wall on the North elevation.
Monday would be the next day to get photos, as they will likely finish off the auditorium then.
Contrary to what I previously mentioned, the facade will not be removed, numbered and replaced.
I originally thought that due to the 3 containers stacked in front of it.
Instead it will remain in place, anchored to those 3 containers via I beams for the duration of demolition and new construction.
I had thought of the removal & replacement scenario, because that is what was done to the Cedar Hotel on State Street at Cedar.
But that facade did not have landmark status.
It was just thankfully saved and reattached to the new structure behind it, to appease the neighborhood and alderman in the early discussions.
I have uploaded a few photos from today of the facade reinforcement and the broken through North elevation auditorium wall, as visible from North Avenue.
Link with a high resolution version of the April 1975 photo of the Orpheum & Vogue.
http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/uploads/r/null/1/3/1375699/af30cd6b-4c1a-4f15-914a-a5bbd09d4feb-A71430.jpg?token=31e0c7946c4a0067c6d7831b0b8e1776ad565bf8f2ccf0dd5aaa6a8db78946c4
March 1972 photo added credit Curt Lang. Vancouver Public Library 85922F
Full size version of the 1950s photo added via Frank Griffin.
1987 box office photo added via Jason Andrew.
July 1955 photo as Brandt’s Mayfair Theatre added, courtesy of Mase Mason.
March 2018 article claiming it will re-open this Summer or later.
http://www.dailyastorian.com/columns/20180319/southern-exposure-the-times-theatre-returns
Evanston Patch article about the same.
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/varsity-theater-block-among-states-most-endangered-places
Early `50s photo added credit The Trolley Dodger. Victory Theater marquee on the far right.
Demolition on the auditorium has begun, broken through the wall on the North elevation. Monday would be the next day to get photos, as they will likely finish off the auditorium then. Contrary to what I previously mentioned, the facade will not be removed, numbered and replaced. I originally thought that due to the 3 containers stacked in front of it. Instead it will remain in place, anchored to those 3 containers via I beams for the duration of demolition and new construction. I had thought of the removal & replacement scenario, because that is what was done to the Cedar Hotel on State Street at Cedar. But that facade did not have landmark status. It was just thankfully saved and reattached to the new structure behind it, to appease the neighborhood and alderman in the early discussions. I have uploaded a few photos from today of the facade reinforcement and the broken through North elevation auditorium wall, as visible from North Avenue.
Circa 1983 photo added via John Michael Wilkinson.
1927 promotional photo added for “Napoleon The Great” at the Pantages Theatre. Source unknown.
Early `50s photo added via Mike Jolin. Capitol Theatre in the center, darker marquee on the taller building.
1980 photo added via SiCun Yang.
1926 photo added credit C.C. Pierce.
Appears to be Columbia Heights Station.
April 1968 photo added via Steve Larrick.
Link with an April 15, 1968 photo of the Savoy.
https://www.dc1968project.com/blog/2018/4/15/15-april-1968-
1946 photo added via Frank Griffin.
April 24, 1957 photo of Hanover Street added, credit MIT Library. Casino blade sign center right.
1953 photo at the Peerlex posted via Brandon Djb Barlow. Possibly from the previously posted but now dead link.
1944 photo added via Philip Duhe.
Undated photo added via Jeffrey Apaka.
1945 photo added via Jeff Warmington. Original wider marquee.
Sorry I don’t.
The Vogue was before my time.
Two images added.