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The Exeter Street Theatre is a Richardsonian Romanesque building at the corner of Exeter and Newbury Streets, in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. It was built as the First Spiritual Temple, 1884–85, by architects Hartwell and Richardson.〔http://www.fst.org/temple.htm〕 For seventy years, from 1914 to 1984, it operated as a movie house. It now houses the Kingsley Montessori School. ==History== "Wealthy socialite Mrs. (Ayers ) and her friends" organized the conversion in 1914 of church into cinema;〔Russell Merritt. "Nickelodeon Theaters, 1905-1914." In: Thomas Schatz, ed. ''Hollywood: critical concepts in media and cultural studies''. Taylor & Francis, 2004〕 Clarence Blackall designed the renovation.〔Jane Holtz Kay. "The Last Picture Show at the Exeter." ''Boston Globe'', April 3, 1984〕 It "could accommodate 900 patrons."〔A. Scott Berg. ''Goldwyn: a biography''. Penguin, October 1, 1998〕〔"Lively hearing on movie censorship; mayor feels Boston needs no aid from state -- labor and theatre men oppose." ''Boston Globe'', February 25, 1920〕 Proprietors and overseers included Viola and Florence Berlin,〔Mark Feeney. "When Boston was home to many lavish theaters: Hub’s heyday of theaters is recalled." Boston Globe, Jan. 8, 2012〕 and Neil St. John Raymond.〔 After the theatre closed in 1984 amidst popular cultural anguish and bottom-line real-estate concerns, the building has been deployed for a variety of mostly commercial purposes.〔Lynnley Browning. "Staples, others eyeing historic Exeter Street edifice." ''Boston Globe'', January 13, 2000〕 It was occupied by Conran's housewares retailer and Waterstones booksellers.〔Waterstone's closing chapter. ''Boston Globe'', May 25, 1999〕 By 1988 "the Exeter Street Theatre building () Friday's Restaurant and an office complex."〔Michael Blowen. "The changing Boston cinema: more screens, less art." ''Boston Globe'', October 9, 1988〕 Business consultants Idealab leased space in the building from 2000 to 2003.〔Scott Kirsner. "Incubator Smackdown". ''Boston Globe'', November 6, 2000〕〔Peter Howe. "Idealab to shut Boston office." ''Boston Globe'', May 10, 2003〕 In 2005 it became the Kingsley Montessori School.〔Jill Gross. "Evolution: movies, books, kids: ex-Exeter Theatre is reborn as Montessori." ''Boston Globe'', October 23, 2005〕 One of the cinema's electric signs, scrapped in 1985, was acquired by collector Dave Waller.〔Nathan Cobb. "Dave Waller's sign collection sheds bright light on bygone times." ''Boston Globe'', May 24, 2003〕〔Robert Preer. "Old signs have a home." ''Boston Globe'', January 18, 2009〕 John Cheever's short story "The President of the Argentine" mentions the Exeter Street Theatre.〔''Atlantic Monthly'', April 1976. Discussed in: Douglass Shand-Tucci. ''The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture''. Macmillan, 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Exeter Street Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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