Change of subject. Whether you knew it or not, there is such a thing as the International Photography Hall of Fame, and it happens to be located here. Besides exhibits, they do educational programs and workshops. There was one last Saturday about architectural photography, including two hours to shoot inside our totally over-the-top Fox Theatre.
It styles itself The Fabulous Fox. It opened as an enormous movie theater in 1929, closed in 1978, then rehabbed and reopened for stage shows in 1982. It has a twin in Detroit and seats about 4,400 in its present configuration. The decor is - what? - Greco-Roman-Byzantine-Hindu-Muslim madness but everybody loves its excess. More detail to come. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Theatre_(St._Louis)
I remember going to the Fox and listening to Stan Keeton (sp?) play the huge organ! There was a short concert before other performances I think. The organ keyboard would rise up center stage, then go back down. Hope I haven't remembered it wrong.
ReplyDeleteSecond part...that would have been in the 50s.
ReplyDeleteQuite a grand space.
ReplyDeleteWow. And wow again.
ReplyDeleteI loved going to this place when I was working in St. Louis.
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