3648 x 2736 px | 30,9 x 23,2 cm | 12,2 x 9,1 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
8 janvier 2012
Lieu:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Informations supplémentaires:
The Detroit Fox is one of five spectacular Fox Theaters built in the late 1920s by film pioneer William Fox. (The others were the Fox Theaters in Brooklyn, Atlanta, St. Louis, and San Francisco.) It was designed by architect C. Howard Crane with a lavish interior featuring a blend of Burmese, Chinese, Indian and Persian motifs. There are three levels of seating, the Main Floor above the orchestra pit, the Mezzanine, and the Gallery (balcony). The exterior of the attached 10-story office building features a facade with Asian motifs which, when illuminated at night, can be seen for several blocks. The Fox Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is (on the interior) its architectural "near" twin with about 500 fewer seats. The Detroit Fox is part of the Fox Building, while the St. Louis Fox is a stand-alone theater. The Detroit Fox was the first movie theater in the world to be constructed with built-in equipment for sound films. The Fox Film Corporation's patented sound-on-film system "Movietone" enabled the theater to present sound films from the time of its opening.plaster molds of the Detroit Fox (1928) were re-used on the St. Louis Fox The Fox Office Building, which forms the Woodward facade of the theater, is 10 stories in height. The front and sides of the office tower are faced with a cream-colored terra cotta. There are decorative lintels above the windows on the second and tenth floor. The building wraps around the theater lobby creating a u-shaped floor plan. The auditorium and rear of the office tower are faced with brick.
