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The Sedgwick Theater is a historic American theater built in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928 and designed by architect William Harold Lee. It is one of the remaining 20 Philadelphia theaters which he designed; nine have been demolished. Only two in Philadelphia are open- The Ace Theater (Holiday Art Theater) and The Sedgwick Theater. Just outside Philadelphia, two more of Lee's theaters are seeing restorations: the Bryn Mawr and the Hiway Theater in Jenkintown. The Sedgwick Theater, located at 7137 Germantown Ave in Philadelphia, is designed in the 1920s style of an Art Deco Movie Palace. It was built during a movie revolution with the advent of sync sound and would have seen silent films as well as talkies. This perhaps explains the theater's design including a stage for live performance, as well as its large single screen. The Sedgwick was designed to include a balcony but shortly before construction the balcony was removed from the plans (a balcony would likely have increased seating to 2000). This accounts for its amazing vaulted ceilings. == Interior Design == When entering the theater, you would get your ticket at the ticket booth, into a rectangular lobby space. This led to a larger oval lobby where you could check your coats. the men's room and women's room were on opposing ends of the lobby. The Oval lobby was a pivot point of the design, and the actual theater's footprint traveled back and to the left of the lot from that point. Entering the theater through five large archways, the rake of the seats dropped about 15 feet to the screen. 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「Sedgwick Theater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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