NEW CITY THEATRE.
A WELLINGTON PROJECT. BUILDING TO COST ABOUT £40,000. [BY SK&EGBAPH. —OWN COE&ESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON. Saturday. Wellington is to have a new city theatre to cost £40,000. .Negotiation** for the purchase of the site in Courtenay Place have been completed and instructions given to prepare the plans. The land has a frontage of about 100 ft. to Kent Terrace and a depth of iibout 170 ft. On the block of land it is proposed to erect a very substantial and up-to-date theatre in reinforced concrete, with shops and offices on the Kent Terrace frontage. The theatre is to be erected on the very latest plans, providing for its utilisation for the exhibition of pictures or for the production of plays, with comfortable accommodation for about 1700 or 1800 people, who will bo given a clear view of the stage or screen from every seat in the house. The main entrance will be approximately the centre of the Kent Terrace frontage, while ample exita will be provided on the Majoribanlka Street. side.
The land is said to have cost over £36,000. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18192, 11 September 1922, Page 6
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181NEW CITY THEATRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18192, 11 September 1922, Page 6
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