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| "In selecting the location of the Fine Arts Building, no street was considered except Seventh Street, for the reason that it is considered one of the outstanding thoroughfares devoted to high class retail shopping," so stated the leasing brochure for the building designed by Walker and Eisen, when it opened in 1925, Distinguishing the entry is a two-story arch decorated in terra cotta griffins, gargoyles, birds and flowers. The two colossal sculpted figures reclining on a corbel table above the arcaded windows represent Architecture (identified by a symbolic capital) and Sculpture, (a torso). Entering the richly detailed lobby you can see why the space has often been used as a film location. True Lies was shot here, as well as various films in need of a castle interior, be it a dining room or a mad scientist's laboratory. Picture what might be enclosed in those ornate bronze and glass showcases. |
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