A long hallway with a tile floor the walls have fake windows of ornate design the walls are teal, and one side is lined with column that I guess are supposed to look like they are Aztec?

The lobby of the theater ornate designs and bright colors are everywhere, every inch of the ceiling has an ornate design, same for much of the walls. The colors are teal, red, and gold

2/2 Walking into the Valencia even the vestibule quickly throws you into the Mesoamerica motif they're going for in this Theater. But once you get into the lobby the beauty and color really hits you.

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A wide shot of the theater, showing the orchestra seats and the stage. ON the sides of the stage are ornately design churches and houses (that are only a few feet deep) including trees and bushes behind the buildings to make it look like small towns.

1/2 We've seen photos of the Jersey City, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Wonder Theaters. Here's Queens. I showed some pictures of The Valencia this past weekend, but here are a few more. The theme is Mesoamerica, so the walls feature a town with churches, houses and plants.

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An ivory and gold painted organ sits in the lobby of the theater, no longer hooked up to the pipes of the theater.

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Only 5 Morton Wonder Organs were made and it is how the Theaters got their name. The Organ was capable of making orchestral sounds (trumpet, violin, flute, etc.), percussions (glockenspiel to piano), and sound effects surf, horse hoofs, wind, etc.

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Richly designed large columned with carvings and glitter. Beneath it are 5 satyrs staring to a blank area in the middle

4/5 Wonder Theater stages had extremely ornate designs at its sides. These designs are where the pipes for the organ would hide. At the bottom of the pipes in the Kings theater is where missing kids were put so they could be found. Here 5 satyrs looked down at the kids.

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the stage as seen from the balcony. The ornate ceiling is lit up and visible as is the ornate designed areas on the sides of the stage.

A view of the side of the theater with red curtains and ornate carvings.

3/5 The King's Theater no longer shows movies and is for live performances. It was abandoned for decades and a lot of work was done to restore it. The carpet is not original but it is an exact copy, because the company that made it in the twenties still had some.

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The balcony of the lobby is all gold and red, with red velvet hanging and detailed carings in the city. And the lights are cool too.

above the carved (faux) wood columns the lights are wonderful pieces of Art Deco design themselves.

2/5 At The King's Theater in Brooklyn (named after Kings County rather than the Borough of Brooklyn because New York loves government entities) stepping out of the theater to use the bathroom is a journey of elegance.

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Deep gold and red - those are pretty much the colors of the room, outside of the dark brown wood siding. It is an ornate room with multiple chandeliers.

1/5 Brooklyn is home to one of the 5 Wonder Theaters. And though the theater is amazing (as is Brooklyn) I hate to say it, it's the least spectacular - which is insane to say, because look at it. This is just its lobby!

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3/3 And that's it for photos of The United Palace #WonderTheater of Washington Heights, Manhattan (for today)
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2/3 The United Palace #WonderTheater of Washington Heights, Manhattan
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1/3 #WonderTheater photo madness continues. The United Palace is definitely the most wondrous of those that are open.

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On top of the roof is an ornimatation facing out to the street. It is an arch which holds two statues of bronze: A dragon and St. George.

4/4 And on the roof of the Loew's Jersey City #WonderTheater was St. George fighting a dragon. Seen from behind, this actually used to move. In the restoration of the theater I bet getting this to move again is not a high priority.

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A close view of just some of the ornamentation along the walls of the theater. This features two cherubs. It is lit by spotlight so there are deep shadows.

The theater as seen from the audience area, it is incredibly ornate though faded with much of the pain chipped and worn. Some areas are closed off because it is an active working area. There are a half a dozen people listening to someone talk. They are all wearing hard hats.

A view of the theater from the balcony seating area, but all seats have been removed. The view is of an amazing ornate theater in need of some repair.

Spotlights on some of the more ornate areas of the theater as seen from the balcony. The balcony area is filled with boxes.

3/4 even under the decades of dust and lit only by spotlights or construction lighting, the grandeur of the Jersey City #WonderTheater is still pretty obvious. When it opened in 1929 the views of the theater were probably much more spectacular than the films that were showing.

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Ornate lobby of a theater, looks like it could have been a theater in Europe.

A picture of one of that halls of the theater, with ornate curtains and designs and carvings along the wall.

A closeup of the lobby chandelier with the extremely ornate wood work of the ceiling and walls visible behind it.

2/4 I've been lucky to visit the theater twice during the restoration process. The plan is for the theater to open for live shows at the end of '26. The 5 #WonderTheater in the NYC area were named after the Wonder Organ able to make sounds like violins, trumpets, flutes, drums, etc.

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The lobby of an incredibly ornate theater with large marble columns and detailed carvings and reliefs. It is showing some signs of disrepair and fading. We are looking down at two people in hard hats.

1/4 Here's a tag for one day only: #WonderTheaterWendesday. I have way too many photos of a few of these theaters I thought I might as well show a bunch.

Starting with Lowe's Jersey City Theater. Closed in 1986 it has been under off and on restoration since then.

Lobby

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An ornate designed motif of a Mexican village

Glad today’s theme is #vibrant, as today I finally got to tour Queen’s Wonder Theater: Loew’s Valencia. Now a church. I’ll post more in the future but my battery is at 11%.

This is just part of the wall on one side of the theater.

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Looking up at the ceiling of the ornate lobby of the theater. You can also see part of the ceiling of the 2nd floor lobby. The grand faux marble columns have been partially stripped of the marble "Paint" as part of the restoration.

The Loew's Jersey Theater, Jersey City, NJ

Now closed but being restored.

One of the five New York area Wonder Theaters, this is the only one not located in NYC.

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The ornate lobby of the United Palace Theater.

1/2 The ceiling of the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY
Wide shot of the ceiling for context. It still shows movies on occasion. Only 3 of the 5 Wonder Theaters are open in any fashion.

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Looking up at an ornate ceiling with three chandeliers

1/2 The ceiling of the United Palace in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY
One of 5 of the New York area Wonder Theaters.

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