Foyer Mezzanine
“The Mezzanine floor. Especially interesting here is the adaptation of Art Moderne to the carpet, furniture and iron work. Metal, the modern substance, serves beauty as well as utility.”
– 2-16-29 Exhibitors Herald-World article on the Boyd, p. 73.
The Foyer’s upper level, the Foyer Mezzanine, is the balcony’s lounge. Like other movie palaces, the Boyd had furniture for patrons’ comfort. Metalwork was done in Art Deco patterns. The Foyer Mezzanine had marble drinking fountains, restrooms and elegant restroom lounges.
Look at the auditorium’s Paint Mock Up to visualize how vibrantly colored the Mezzanine would have appeared when first opened in 1928!
Proceed into the Auditorium.
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- Foyer Mezzanine 1928
- Rendering of original carpet
- Foyer Mezzanine 1978
- Foyer Mezzanine 1981
- Central Chandelier, Mezzanine
- Foyer Mezzanine 1986
- Small chandelier
- Mezzanine & Auditorium sconce
- Fountain with mirror
- Plaster above fountain
- Foyer mirrors, metalwork, chandelier
- Plaster above mirror
- Foyer & Mezzanine, during tour
- Foyer & Mezzanine, during tour
- Foyer Mezzanine Grill 2004 (currently in storage)
- Facing Grand Lobby.
- Foyer Mezzanine 2004. Concession stand at right was put there in 1953. Original 1928 carpet found under it.
- Stairway
- Art Deco posts at stair railing
- Marble balustrade, one of two in Mezzanine
- Upstairs Mens Lounge 1928
- Rendering of Mens Lounge carpet
- Exit Sign