"I always joke that I was conceived at the Castro Theatre," said the San Francisco resident, who happened to be passing by the iconic, 100-year-old movie palace on a recent afternoon while out ...

But once upon a time, movie theaters were marvels of gilded opulence, evoking romantic palaces and faraway exotic temples. Over time, many of these landmarks fell into disuse or were demolished.

Eric Allix Rogers / Chicago Architecture Center Share The old movie palace on 79th Street in Avalon Park has sat mostly vacant since 2003, but the theater still looks like something out of a movie ...

The Oriental Theatre, the nearly 96-year-old movie palace at 2230 N. Farwell Ave. on Milwaukee's east side, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Landing on the list was one ...

had “probably a half-dozen of what we called the old movie palaces. Unfortunately, most of them are gone and they’re now parking lots,” he added. “But this one survived.” ...

He was born there; he grew up in the city center and his love of cinema was nurtured in Recife’s old movie palaces. His attachment to the place emerges in Filho’s documentary Pictures of ...

The first movie theater in Miami was Kelly’s Theater in 1906, which sat on the south side of Flagler Street near the old Burdines ... 1990s most of the grander palaces were gone, but some ...