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Exterior of the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, 1994

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Colour photograph showing the façade and sidewall of the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford. Taken from across the road on Morely Street, it shows the façade on the right hand side with the long sidewall to the left. A well-advanced corner tower dominates the nearest corner, topped by a smooth semi-circular dome and carried on a drum of giant coupled Composite columns. A single storey entrance block continues along the front of the façade from the base of the tower. Set back is a patterned glazed frontage (an addition made during the 1986 works) that rises to the height of the original cornice and is advanced by two square corner towers (with the tower on the right masked by the advanced corner tower) set back further still, also topped by smooth domes. The name ALHAMBRA appears in tablature above the projected entrance block and high up on the sidewall. The name is also on the faces of the two higher corner towers. Large tablature spelling ‘Les Misérables’ sits on top of the glazed frontage and posters advertising the same show appear on the advanced corner tower and on the entrance block at street-level. The fly tower is visible in the background.

Image title
Exterior of the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, 1994
Depicted theatre
Alhambra
Depiction dateJuly 1998
Creator
Mr Ian Grundy