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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlandsen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1934-1935 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWils, Janen_US
dc.date1934-1935en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T15:41:20Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T15:41:20Z
dc.date.issued1934-1935en_US
dc.identifier252718en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3051en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/168328
dc.descriptionView of upper tower and stair case with decorative finial from across Kleine Gartmanplantsoen, and small triangular park; Wils early works espoused De Stijl. His later works of 1925-1935 showed the influence of Functionalism, for example, the Citroen building (1929) and the cinema City Theater (1935), both in Amsterdam; the latter used a steel frame and was hailed as a prime example of functionalist building. The City Theater opened on 29th October 1935 with the Austrian film “Episode” starring Paula Wessely. The original interior design (now lost, remodeled) was by German architect Oscar Rosendahl and had a seating capacity of 1,830. It had an automatic fire sprinkler system, unusual for the time. The City was equipped with a Strunk theatre organ, which still exists. It also originally included a cafe and ballroom. It is now owned by the Pathé chain; the exterior restored in 2010 (with some alterations), the interior has been competely altered and the large auditorium divided. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/2/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel frame; glazed ceramic tile (interior); aluminum; yellow bricken_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectmusicen_US
dc.subjectcinemaen_US
dc.subjectmoviesen_US
dc.subjectfilmen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectFunctionalism (Architecture)en_US
dc.titleCity Theateren_US
dc.title.alternativePathé Cityen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-WILS-CT-A04en_US
vra.culturalContextDutchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemotion picture theateren_US
dc.contributor.displayJan Wils (Dutch architect, 1891-1972)en_US


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