Nottingham, NG1 - Former Odeon
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Nottingham, NG1 - Former Odeon
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 26 Nov 2012
This glorious mess is what remains of the basement of the former Odeon cinema. When it first opened as The Ritz in 1933 the basement was home to a cafe/restaurant called The Carolia that had a separate entrance. Later on its life however this refreshment facility, and The Trent Bar, gave way to at least one 'small screen' auditorium. Behind the white topped mobile generator is the boundary wall of garden of the Bromley House subscription library, a plot that has probably not benefited from so much daylight in years. During 2012 the library management committee mounted some resistance to some planning proposals to allow a block of privately operated student apartments to be built on this site, in view of the fact that their peaceful garden was likely to be overlooked by such residential accommodation. It seems however, that their protests against this project have not succeeded.
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Image Location
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52.953368
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-1.15303