Savoy Cinema post completion: view of the auditorium along balcony edge


Showing the ground floor and balcony seating and wall decoration.

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Savoy Cinema post completion: view of the auditorium from ground floor towards screen


Showing seating and Venetian themed decorative scheme including Bridge of Sighs proscenium arch, curtain with Doge's Palace and elaborate wall elements.

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Savoy Cinema post completion: view of the auditorium from left side of balcony towards the screen


Savoy Cinema post completion: view of the auditorium from left side of balcony towards the screen

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Savoy Cinema post completion: view of lobby


View of the lobby including entrances to stalls, ticket offices, stairs to ‘Balcony & Restaurant’ and ushers.

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Gala Cinema, Ballyfermot


Gala Cinema, Ballyfermot, constructed by G. & T. Crampton in 1955. The architects were McCormack and Boland. The building was a bingo hall but is now derelict.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view of auditorium from in front of screen


Showing bare structure awaiting decoration.

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Savoy Cinema site works: view from rear (north east) corner looking south west


Showing a crane and structural steel in place.

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Savoy Cinema site works: external south side elevation


Savoy Cinema site works: external south side elevation

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Savoy Cinema site works: view from front of site (O’Connell Street) looking east


Showing the first elements of structural steel in place.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing steel structure of balcony and roof


Includes the steelwork for an internal dome.

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Savoy Cinema site clearance and ground works: view from front of site (O’Connell Street) looking east


Showing side of the Gresham Hotel, buildings on Thomas Lane, stacks of bricks and remains of basements of demolished structures and works ‘railway’ tracks.

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Savoy Cinema site works: oblique view of front façade


Showing Portland stone finished to first-floor level, scaffold and steelworks. Features an unattended pram at the site entrance.

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Savoy Cinema site works: view from rear (north east) corner looking south west


Showing the steel frame and external walls (using recycled brick and stone?).

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Savoy Cinema site works: view from rear (north east) corner looking south west


Showing the steel frame and basements under construction.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view of almost fully enclosed auditorium space


Showing almost fully enclosed auditorium space from balcony, with steps for seating, towards screen wall.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing balcony and roof steelworks


Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing balcony and roof steelworks

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Savoy Cinema site works: elevated view of front


Showing the first elements of the external Portland stone façade in place.

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Savoy Cinema site works: internal view showing steel structure of balcony and roof


Includes the steelwork for an internal dome.

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