So i visited this place in 2020 in hockley, Birmingham, was fairly easy to get into this place and once you get in you are met by this impressive cinema hall Which the ceiling was starting to peel off and there was a lot of building equipment everywhere suggesting this would have gone under renovation this is not the case anymore as the building has stood dormant for more than 50 years highlighting the fact this place has decay and building equipment just dumped everywhere. I feel for this building such a nice piece of history just left to rot away from society forever leaving a tired old building in its wake. The cinema ised to be a white building but after time seems to have turned yellow and the windows decaying aswell. I left this cinema feeling quite positive knowing that i have took photos of this beautiful place.
so some history about the cinema Originally opened on 15th November 1911 as the Hockley Picture House, it had 506 seats. It was re-built and enlarged to the plans of architect L.L. Dussault, re-opening as the New Palladium Cinema on 8th November 1922. The opening film was Isobel Elsom in "The Game of Life" the first film shown. The cinema has 5 floors a projector room and you venture into the roof space above the chairs.this boasted a lot of beautiful features like arch ceiling and so forth. To conclude the explore all in all this was quite a good one it's a shame this building has just been it shows the fact that we dont have cinemas in this style anymore as cinemas nowadays are boring modern boxes and dont have periodic features. We should have a bit more respect for these buildings as they are remnants of the past. Thank you all and hope you have enjoyed this post, peace.
This is the front of the building outside as you can see its built in the true palladian style
This picture shows how the sign would have looked back in its day but it is now slowly disappearing
This is the main cinema hall of the cinema it is different now as it used to be a bingo hall
An old sign not seen in cinemas nowadays which from the writing looks to be original
This is the basement which contains the womens bathrooms and services
An old rotary telephone which is a really nice periodic feature not seen nowadays
This photo is looking down from the balcony where the seats are you can also point out the beautiful ceiling which is falling apart
A picture of the original windows at the top of the cinema you can a lot of nice decay at the top as well
In this picture you notice the beautiful periodic arch ceiling looking down from the cinema also there some seats remaining as you can see in the middle
so some history about the cinema Originally opened on 15th November 1911 as the Hockley Picture House, it had 506 seats. It was re-built and enlarged to the plans of architect L.L. Dussault, re-opening as the New Palladium Cinema on 8th November 1922. The opening film was Isobel Elsom in "The Game of Life" the first film shown. The cinema has 5 floors a projector room and you venture into the roof space above the chairs.this boasted a lot of beautiful features like arch ceiling and so forth. To conclude the explore all in all this was quite a good one it's a shame this building has just been it shows the fact that we dont have cinemas in this style anymore as cinemas nowadays are boring modern boxes and dont have periodic features. We should have a bit more respect for these buildings as they are remnants of the past. Thank you all and hope you have enjoyed this post, peace.
This is the front of the building outside as you can see its built in the true palladian style
This picture shows how the sign would have looked back in its day but it is now slowly disappearing
This is the main cinema hall of the cinema it is different now as it used to be a bingo hall
An old sign not seen in cinemas nowadays which from the writing looks to be original
This is the basement which contains the womens bathrooms and services
An old rotary telephone which is a really nice periodic feature not seen nowadays
This photo is looking down from the balcony where the seats are you can also point out the beautiful ceiling which is falling apart
A picture of the original windows at the top of the cinema you can a lot of nice decay at the top as well
In this picture you notice the beautiful periodic arch ceiling looking down from the cinema also there some seats remaining as you can see in the middle
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