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Is there a reason why the Piccadilly Theatre in Hamra isn't renovated?

This is the first time is see photo of the interior.

WOW THATS GORGEOUS, imagine if that was renovated

^^ I thought it was already under renovation,i''ve seen a report on future TV like 6 months ago,that it was under renovation and it was supposed to be opened last may.

yeah i saw it too, and the opening was supposed to be a play for ziad or fairouz :S

Maybe the photos are old. :?

well I am glad that he did post those pics. I had no idea of such a theater in Beirut!

yeah i saw it too, and the opening was supposed to be a play for ziad or fairouz :S


Can someone find out when the re-opening was? Maybe we can find some recent pics?

My Dad went to the Piccadilly Theatre a number of times before the war. Always told me it's very nice from the inside and these pictures show it.

I went there before and during the war. It was a bit kitch...
In 1978, while watching "L'aile ou la cuisse" I was going to be crushed due to a stampede because some idiot started a fire with his cigarette.I was the last time in 1983 for Maxime Le Forestier concert.

Piccadilly, 1970

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7317/beirut19703.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/beirut19703.jpg/)

^^ Dallida.

My father used to go to Silhouette Gym. There was a 20's Ford T (abou da3seh) in the undergroud garage that was used in Feyrouz shows, also that Ford was at the entrance of the Theater when Dallida came for the last time in January 1975. The Piccadilly belonged to the Itani Brothers, who owned the Marignan and the wimpy Movempick café across the street from the Piccadilly.

The Ford T next to Fayrouz at the Piccadilly in 1975 (Mayss Al Rim)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0DwuRs7fuI

Its such a shame such a landmark is going to waste

^^ It's not,it's being renovated.

Wow what beautiful pics, especially the black and white!

I've passed by Picadilly a million times and never realized what was inside. It's weird because the sign from the outside looks untouched by the war--was it restored? The theater itself also looks to be in pretty good shape compared others...

Kheireddine, do you have any memories/photos of the Grand Theatre? Would love for you to share some if possible. I recently sneaked inside and took a lot of photos and posted to my blog...

Lebanon in those days just seemed so much classier

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Donnu why they haven't started with renovation yet :S