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The theatre was renamed the Cygnet Theatre in the 1960s [5] to associate it with the Festival of Perth's black swan logo. Despite the name change, the original Broadway face type lettering stating The Como Theatre around the 'bio box' still exists. Although no longer a Festival of Perth venue, the Cygnet Cinema continues to successfully operate ...
This page is a list of historically significant Art Deco and Moderne buildings in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area. Commercial buildings Name Address Date Architect Image Art Deco Shop (Persian Carpet Gallery) 102 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands 1938 W G Leighton Atlas Building 8-10 The Esplanade, Perth 1931 F. G. B. Hawkins Bank of NSW 899 Hay St, Perth 1935 Clock Tower Building & Moon ...
They also constructed the Piccadilly Theatre, [4] and the heritage-listed Cygnet Cinema in Como, [5] opening both in 1938. In 1954 the company was renamed to City Theatres, and were brought out by television station TVW in 1973, though Arthur Stiles, the nephew of James Stiles, remained in charge of the company. [ 2 ]
Como is serviced by the Canning Bridge railway station, which is on the Mandurah railway line, and is served by buses as well.. There are four schools in the area. These are the Collier and Como Primary Schools, Como Secondary College (previously Como Senior High School), and Penrhos College, a private all-girls school which has a primary school and a high school.
William Leighton worked on a number of Western Australian cinemas including the Windsor Cinema in Nedlands, the Cygnet Cinema in South Perth, [4] the Princess in Fremantle, and the Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade, [5] Theatre Royal, Metro, Grand and Plaza Theatres in Perth, and the Lyric in Bunbury., [6] Leighton died on 11 March 1990 at his ...
The remodelling of the State Theatre left it structurally intact but altered its appearance, "dispensing with the arches and pediments and imposing a simple restrained facade". The alterations included the entrance to the picture garden, and made provision for a grocery store on the corner, a millinery shop, and refreshments in the cinema ...
Le Page, J. S. H. Building a state : the story of the Public Works Department of Western Australia 1829-1985 Leederville, W.A : Water Authority of Western Australia, 1986. ISBN 0-7244-6862-5; Stannage, C. T The people of Perth : a social history of Western Australia's capital city Perth : Carroll's for Perth City Council, 1979. ISBN 0-909994-86-2
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