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The Terrace Theater is situated at 3508 France Avenue North in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Located on a site overlooking Bottineau Boulevard and Crystal Lake, the building is surrounded by parking lots to the north, west, and south, with the largest lot on the north side. A mall was constructed on the east side of the structure in 1981. Constructed in the International Style, the theater's main entrance is in the northeast corner under a marquee. The most notable exterior feature is a large glass and brick tower rising above the northeast corner of the structure with brightly lit TERRACE lettering at the top. The enormous lobby contains a snack bar area, casual lobby area, and large angled windows. The auditorium portion of the building faces south with sloped seating in the front portion and stepped "stadium" seating in the rear portion. This auditorium seating arrangement can also been seen in earlier Liebenberg and Kaplan designed theaters such as the Hollywood Theater (built 1935; 2815-2819 Johnson Street NE, Minneapolis) and the Riverview Theater (built 1948; 3800 42nd Avenue South, Minneapolis). ==History== Local movie theater owners, Bill and Sydney Volk, spared no expense when they built their flagship overlooking the marshes on the west side of Crystal Lake.〔(Placeography Terrace Theater ), 3508 France Avenue N, Robbinsdale, MN,〕 When the 1300 seat Terrace Theater opened in 1951, the spectacular venue was the most up-to-date, luxurious and comfortable theater in America. The Volks put the architectural firm of Liebenberg and Kaplan in charge of the design. Between 1923 and 1941, Liebenberg and Kaplan designed over 200 theaters and prepared plans for the remodeling of hundreds of older theaters throughout the midwest. Many of these were in the Art Deco or Streamline Moderne styles.〔(History of the Hollywood: Liebenberg and Kaplan - Masters of Movie Theater Design ) Article at Preservation Works, LLC by Ryan Salmon and Greg Donofrio〕 The Terrace Theater is a rare example of the firm’s early modern theater design, the last indoor theater Liebenberg and Kaplan designed and the only midcentury movie house left standing Twin Cities suburban area. In 1952, the Robbinsdale Post reported construction costs in excess of $750,000. The Terrace was equipped with a sunken den and fireplace, a television lounge,nursery rooms, deep cushion seats. Background music was played throughout the theater.〔Twin Cities Picture Show: A Century of Moviegoing Minnesota Historical Society Press, November 1, 2007By Dave Kenney〕 Considered a masterpiece of International-Style, The Terrace was one of the first ultramodern theaters in America.Folks from far and wide found their way to Robbinsdale. A guestbook from 1952 contained signatures from 25,000 people. The Terrace served as the office quarters for the Volk brothers as they conducted their theater business. Executive and management garage spaces were provided on the east side of the building below the ground level. Over the years necessary improvements were made. The theater installed a wide Cinemascope screen with stereophonic sound in January 1954. In the 1970s, The Terrace was retrofitted with 70mm equipment and the theater created a niche for action packed movies.〔Images of America: Robbinsdale by Peter James Ward Richie, Arcadia Press July 2014〕 In April 1984 David Byrne and director Jonathan Demmethe Terrace hosted a premiere of the Talking Heads concert film, Stop Making Sense at the Terrace.〔Walker Art Center (Centerpoints Blog October 16th,2014 )〕 Leonard Maltin called the movie featuring the Talking Heads live on stage, “one of the greatest rock movies ever made.” In 1987 the theater was purchased by the Midcontinental Theater Company. According to a November 8 article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper, Kirschenmann, the owner, believed that people still wanted to see movies on the big screen without paying the first run admissions. The auditorium was divided in half, and two small balconies were separated and turned into 300 seat screening rooms. The last movie, ''Roxanne'' starring Steve Martin played in 1999 and the windows boarded up. The Terrace has remained unoccupied ever since. The building is currently owned by an out of state property management company. 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「Terrace Theater (Minnesota)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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