The Ritz Theatre

Sunday, March 9^th, Tony and I was driving around and doing our URBAN Hiking in Talladega, Alabama. Everyone arrives in this old historical city for the big Nascar Races, but NOT ME… I wanted to see the buildings and the Victorian and Antibellum Homes. I didn’t realize there were so many. I need to come back to this town and really spend a entire day here walking around.
I did find the BEST EXAMPLE of ART DECO Theatre in area.
The Historical Ritz Theatre is GORGEOUS !!! I just wish it was in the evening so I could see the Marque all lite up. I would love to go into this one.
Some brief history about the theatre:
Talladega’s Ritz Theatre (circa 1936) is considered one of the best surviving examples of the Art Deco mainstreet theatres of the 1930’s. Careful restoration of the landmark’s extraordinary façade — comprised exclusively of opaque structural glass, a common constructoin material used lavishly during the Deco period in buildings like the Rockerfeller Center in New York City — was completed in late 1997 with perfectly matched antique vitrolite.