Abandoned Theater opened in 1922 Preserving History

Some call what me and my girlfriend and partner in Grime do, as trespassing...we call it preserving history...bc really no one seems to care much about the history of a place abandoned and forgotten by time, left to succumb to neglect and abuse or be taken over by nature, vandalized, and eventually demolished. It's all about money and its sad that history can be bought and sold just to destroyed.And aside from the history of what a structure use to serve its purpose, early 19th century and pre 19th century architects were not just engineers actually many were hired bc they considered themselves architectural artists, and the structures they built...were their works of art...intended to awe, and amaze and leave a memory and impression that would always be revered, cherished, talked about and hopefully never fall.
Architectural artists of the pre and early 19th century all had their own unique style of creating specific types of buildings, and these architectural styles were basically created by the original designers of architectural artists of these times. These structures were so uniquely and creatively designed and built, unlike the ones designed by modern architectural engineers of today, bc architectural artists... their soul purpose was not just to build a structure for its intended structural purpose, they "created" beautiful, ornate, and memorable works of art with their heart and soul and passion, goal and intention to move their audience.
This Theater opened on September 4, 1922 and was designed and built by Architect Thomas W. Lamb and he designed the theater for theater mogul Sylvester Z. Poli. This Theater sat 3,642 people and was the biggest movie theater in this state at the time and still remains the largest of in this city.
After years of being a predominantly vaudeville and silent film theater, this Theater Palace began screening major motion pictures after it was sold to the Loew’s theater chain in 1934.
Due to a decline in ticket sales, the Loew’s corporation sold the building in the early 1970s. After showing adult films for a few years, this Theater Palace permanently closed in 1975. And has been abandoned ever since.
This theater was actually not easy to find as it sits hidden within another completely different type of abandoned structure and it took as 2 hours to find it, within the 5 floors and numerous uncountable stair cases...also the building and theater were pitch black, so we were guided only by our flash lights and things that go bump after midnight. All i can say is this was a moment of pure elation, and our determintation to find this theater almost about to give up..and when we did, as much as we wanted to screem and cheer its not so smart when you just let yourself in a place uninvited but our intentions were pure in being able to keep this treasure alive in peoples hearts and minds..so we did a low key high five, with a hug, smiling ear to ear, as we scratched this once dream off our bucket and revered in our moment, and i was just thanking god i brought a speed light:)
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