Art Deco, Plaza Cinema, Trinity Street, Dorchester
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Art Deco, Plaza Cinema, Trinity Street, Dorchester
Image: © Alan Cooper Taken: Unknown
Built in the then modern art deco style, the Plaza opened 10th July 1933 with King Kong as the main film. It cost £20,000 to build and had 986 seats. Today it is twinned. See http://merciacinema.org/gallery0806.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
50.713303
Longitude
-2.439022