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FOYER AND LOBBY of the remodeled Community theatre (formerly the Broadway) in Kingston, N. Y., by Walter Reade Theatres. New red brick tor the facade is extended along the side walls and past the front entrance doors into the foyer a short distance (right below). Beyond the brick on each side of the foyer mirrors have been installed above flower boxes of marble, which has also been used as a base for the walls, which are from that point, like the ceiling, plaster painted light blue. The flooring here is terra cotta. From the foyer, entrance is made into the theatre lobby (right) through an automatically controlled door operated by a photoelectric cell in the center of the three pairs of Lucite doors. From there traffic proceeds at an angle to the left past a coin drink dispenser and the refreshment stand (below) with entrance to the rear of the auditorium at the right of the stand and the stairway to the mezzanine and balcony at its left. The rear foyer carpeting is continued into the lobby except for an area in front of the snack bar, which is covered with rubber matting. Equipment for dispensing the various refreshments is built right into the stand, and the ice cream container has a glass front.
KENMORE FOYER-LOUNGE: Separating the foyer-lounge, which also serves as an art gallery, from the lobby is a wooden planter (right) with smaller bronze boxes mounted on six green steel bars reaching from ceiling to floor to make a semi-screen of flowers. Stairs at the right of the lounge lead up only six flights to the balcony entrance doors. In the lounge (above) the wall opposite the main entrance doors is covered with a charcoal-colored drape and the others are of white cork tile, contrasted in sections with charcoal plaster. On the street side is a tall, narrow picture window. The floor here is covered with an Alexander Smith carpet. From the downward stairs off the lobby, entrance is made through Chinese red doors into the main auditorium. In the remodeling the stage and proscenium arch were eliminated and a new screen curtain installed extending all the way from the floor to a recess in the ceiling and almost the full width of the
front. The new screen is a Walker, 30 by 15 feet. The auditorium walls were repainted in cocoa and the ceiling refinished in beige California stucco acoustical tile. New aisle carpeting is an Alexander Smith and the theatre was reseated throughout. The capacity of the Kenmore is 700 on two floors.
BETTER THEATRES Section, Guide Number of 1956
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