Odeon Buildings and Cinema
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Odeon Buildings and Cinema
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 6 Jun 2015
Designed by Henry Weedon and his chief assistant Robert Bullivant and built in 1936 the cinema and 5 lock-up shops occupy a prominent corner site in the centre of Chester. The cinema closed in 2007 and is now part of Renew Chester which aims to convert the building into a new world-class theatre, library and cinema - see http://www.renewchester.co.uk/ A listed building, grade II, details at http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1376369
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Image Location
Latitude
53.192594
Longitude
-2.892906