GLORIOUS COLOR bounds from 94 pages of exquisite Art Deco decoration and architecture chronicled in this handsome book devoted to the history and revival of the famous Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California. Constructed in 1930 to the elaborately exuberant design of renowned San Francisco architect Timothy Pflueger, this fabulous theatre-palace received the most painstaking restoration imaginable as described in the book�s well-written commentary. Several pages are devoted to the story of the theatre�s Wurlitzers, including the present reconstructed and enlarged Publix IV-class Wurlitzer of 27 ranks. Hardbound. |