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York Odeon Cinema, Blossom Street, York, 1937, Architect: Harry Weedon

York Odeon Cinema, Blossom Street. Grade II Listed Art Deco style cinema designed by architects Harry Weeden and Robert Bullivant in 1937 for Oscar Deutsch, founder of the 1930s Odeon cinema chain: 'Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation.'
Built in brick to reflect York's historic character as requested by the council and sited outside the city walls, south of Micklegate Bar.






Links
Glancey, J. (2002) The Mogul's Monuments, [Online], Available: http://www.theguardian.com/arts/critic/feature/0,1169,717532,00.html [20 Oct 2014].


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