Garneau Theatre

Garneau Theatre
The east face and front entrance of the theatre as it appears today.
The east face and main entrance of the theatre in 2009.
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Location8712 109 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T6G 1E9
Coordinates53°31′23″N 113°30′45″W / 53.52306°N 113.51250°W / 53.52306; -113.51250
DesignationMunicipal Historic Resource
Capacity527
Construction
Years active1940–1990; 1991–present
ArchitectWilliam Blakey[1]

The Garneau Theatre is a historic movie theatre located on 109 Street in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The theatre originally operated independently until it joined with Famous Players in 1941. It closed in late 1990, and reopened in December 1991 under Magic Lantern Theatres who restored it in 1996.[1] Magic Lantern operated the Garneau until June 2011 when it closed. The Garneau became Metro Cinema's new home in July 2011, and was officially reopened in September 2011.[2]

It was designated a Municipal Historic Resource on October 28, 2009.[3]

Designed by noted Edmonton architect William Blakey and built in 1940, the Garneau is the only remaining theatre of the early modernist style and period in Alberta.

  1. ^ a b Herzog (2006).
  2. ^ Griwkowsky (2011).
  3. ^ Bylaw 15270 (2009).

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