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Building History

View of the Art Deco style Mayan Theater (Montana S. Fallis, architect, 1930) at 110 Broadway Street in the Speer Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The four story building is stone clad with Pre-Columbian motifs and a bas relief of a ritual officiate in multi-color terra cotta ornament by Julius P. Ambrusch of the Denver Terra Cotta Company. The marquee reads: "Oscar Winners, Room With A View, Color of Money, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days, My Sweet Little Village."

Detailed view of the top of the facade of the Mayan Theater (architect Montana S. Fallis, 1930) at 110 Broadway in the Speer neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows a polychrome terracotta Mayan figure (crafted by Julius P. Ambrusch of the Denver Terra Cotta Company) on the front of the Art Deco-style theater. The facade was restored by architects Midyette-Seieroe, in 1985.

Night view of Curtis Street in Denver, Colorado; shows snow and movie theaters. Electric signs read: "Marquette," "Iris Theater," "Isis," and "The Nanking Chop Suey, Pool."

Denver Movie Theaters: A Look Back

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