2024-11-08T20:59:29-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/120074118/restoring-the-wonder-theater-movie-palaces-to-glory Nam Henderson 2015-02-06T00:35:00-05:00 >2015-02-10T19:22:57-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fl/flddbzmc9m1tcj3k.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A grand lobby of walnut-paneled walls and Corinthian columns will be lit from above by massive Art Deco chandeliers, and almost 4,000 feet of newly woven gold and scarlet carpet &mdash; reconstructed from a remnant discovered beneath an old candy counter &mdash; will stretch underfoot.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Feb 3rd - Opening night at the newly renovated&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kingstheatre.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kings Theater</a>&nbsp;featuring&nbsp;Diana Ross, followed a&nbsp;$95 million renovation. One of&nbsp;five "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loew%27s_Wonder_Theatres" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wonder Theaters</a>" built in the New York area by the Loew&rsquo;s Corporation in 1929 and 1930, the building was designed by&nbsp;architect George Rapp.</p>