Yes, very cool, Kenji. Judging from the wall contours, it must have fabulous accoustics.

Reminds me of the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills: living-room comfortable with just about the the best sound I've ever heard.

As far as acoustics go--this is a little off-thread--I don't think Carnegie Hall can be beat. Anywhere in the joint, the sound is pristine. On the flip-side, the worst sound I've ever heard, including low-rent honky-tonks, is Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center here in NYC. Went there last August to hear a chamber music concert. What a disappointment! Hard to describe, but while the musicianship was top shelf, the sound was eaten-up and scrambled. The viola sounded flat, and I =know= the viola player was in tune. We're not talkin' Retard Keg Party jamming on two chords because they forgot the third one they thought they knew. And Lincoln Center spent uncounted millions of bucks trying to fix things! Money down the drain. Much better to just tear the place down and try again

I used to work here, and I loved this place. There is a lot of history there. It is very cool.

http://images.library.uiuc.edu:8081/tdc/...ginia1.jpg

http://www.thevirginia.org/tour/data/tour.htm

My memorable theaters owe more to my experiences in them rather than their aesthetics, so no pictures from me. In fact, I doubt either of them have websites.

The first is the State Theater in Ann Arbor. It is memorable because me and my buds probably snuck into over 300 movies during my high school years. It was situated right in front of a parking garage and it had an alley running along its length where the patrons exited after seeing their movies. We would send one guy to buy a ticket while the rest of would lower ourselves into the alley from the second level of the garage. The ticket buyer would then slip over to the exit and let us in. Once inside, we would frequently treat ourselves to a double-feature. Worked like a charm, we were never caught in four years. The place has since been gutted and turned into a mini-mall.

My other favorite movie house is the Cinema-Grill in Aurora, CO. I like it because they serve beer and food, and the movies only cost $2.00 if you go before 6:00. I also frequented similar establishments when I lived in FLA.

I did see Lawrence of Arabia in the restored Fox Theater in Detroit, but was unimpressed by anything other than the architecture, which is fabulous. http://info.detnews.com/history/story/in...=locations if you're interested in seeing it.

Scott