Orpheum Theatre marks 50 years with the City of Vancouver
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- It was 50 years ago this month that the City of Vancouver bought the Orpheum Theatre. We get a tour of the historic building and learn some of its secrets.
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God I love the Orpheum.
Saw 2001: A Space Odyssey (reserved seat roadshow run) there in 1968 and many other movies over the years. My favourite theatre, just wonderful!
This kind of total professional restoration ought to be made to revive the Empress Theatre in NDG in Montreal, also built in 1927-the city should take a page from Vancouver’s playbook with the wonderful job they have done here with the Orpheum…
I'm sure a beautiful city like Montréal can find inspiration much closer to home to revive the theatre you mentioned, and I hope you get your wish and it's done right and done soon.
No one should take any lessons on heritage and restoration from a toilet like Vancouver. The Orpheum and The Commodore Ballroom next door are about the only buildings in the city that haven't been destroyed. We hate history in Vancouver.
@@MatthewDLDavidson I'm sorry, but I can't agree with that. There are maybe five buildings in the central business district of Vancouver of any cultural significance.
As for politicians in Montréal spending money on sports stadiums, other than the pretty useless Big Owe, can you give me any examples?
@@juliansmith4295I don’t think it’s hating history, it’s more that the city wants to make money. Restoring historical landmarks costs money.
@@aavvcc It would cost a lot less to restore what few historic landmarks we have in Vancouver than in most cities. There are so few of them left, and nothing's much older than a hundred years, so that's not really a very good excuse.
Saw 2001: A Space Odyssey (reserved seat roadshow run) there in 1968 and many other movies over the years. My favourite theatre, just wonderful!