America’s Grandest Movie Palaces Find Strange New Lives

French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre spent over a decade photographing former movie palaces like San Francisco’s old Alhambra Theater, which has been converted into a gym. When it opened in 1925, the Uptown Theater was Chicago’s largest theater. Closed in 1981, it is currently awaiting restoration. Berkeley, California’s 1,400-seat Rivoli Theater opened in …

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