Spanish Colonial Revival

NYC / Manhattan / 243 West End Avenue

243 West End Avenue’s owners have revived a former name for the building: Coliseum Plaza. The apartment house was built in 1925 as Hotel Cardinal, an apartment hotel designed by Emery Roth, one of New York’s foremost residential architects. The red brick facade is embellished with elaborate polychrome terra cotta window treatments on the bottom […]

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Richmond / Carpenter Theater

Richmond, VA / By KG

Carpenter Theater opened in 1928 as the Richmond Loew’s Theater, a state-of-the-art movie palace. Inside and out, the architect designed a “Spanish plaza” atmosphere. The theater closed in 1979, and was then purchased by the Richmond Symphony. Name: Dominion Energy Center – Carpenter Theater, aka CenterStage Location: 600 East Grace Street Year Completed: 1928 Architect:

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