The Erie Warner: From Movie Palace to Movie House to Civic Center
Posted by John Marsh on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on The Erie Warner: From Movie Palace to Movie House to Civic Center Once upon a time, brightly lit marquees of movie palaces of Pennsylvania’s streets dazzled the eyes of pleasure seekers. Today, the genre, described as possibly “the most distinctly American contribution to architectural history,” is all but extinct. And when a survivor is found, as on Erie’s State Street, the structure is a reminder of the gaudy and the phony, the...read more