The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Date:
1918
Publisher:
New York : Gotham press, inc.
Volume:
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Leaf #:
00023
Language:
English
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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advised he will take a trip to see a few of the more recently built vaudeville theatres; will study them carefully, and form a more definite idea of modern practice bj^ this means than is possible by any other. Nearly every city governs the construction of theatres by a special code; in the main these codes are identical in their requirements as to fireproof construction, ample and safe exits and exit-ways. A serious responsibility rests not alone upon the builder, but upon the architect as well, for planning and devising a structure that shall be as safe as human ingenuity can devise and modern materials and equipment make it. From a purelj' selfish standpoint, the best practice and most approved means of ac- complishing this are profitable; for the reduced premiums paid for insurance of various kinds will in the course of a very few years more than make up for the slightly increased original cost. Cost of fireproof construction does not, as a rule, exceed that of semi-fireproof by more than twenty per cent. No attempt will be made to advise the pros- pective builder as to the best materials to use in the construction of the theatre to make it ar- chitecturally beautiful; it is assumed that the architect will handle this feature with due re- 19