LizzieMaine
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Our theatre was actually *in* Architectural Digest eleven years ago -- February 2006 issue, for those keeping score at home -- and in terms of sheer looks, the designers of the renovation did a fine job. But they designed the place specifically to get it into AD, and having accomplished that purpose, we who were left with the responsibility of actually running the building were left hanging.
I've lost track of the problems -- an HVAC system that was designed for a factory environment, not a small theatre, and which has been nothing but trouble since the day it was turned on, poor airflow that results in negative pressure at the door that's so strong patrons can't pull the doors open at certain times of year, a complete lack of grease vents at the concession stand so that the popcorn oil condenses on the ceiling and has to be manually scoured away, plumbing that runs upward thru an outside wall and is prone to freezing and rupturing when there's an extended cold spell, and a projection booth with no means for venting the heat from auxiliary equipment outside without removing the porthole glass. And absolutely inexplicably, no access to the roof from inside the building. Every day that goes by some new thing appears that causes me to shake my fist and curse the people who designed the renovation. Bah.
They didn't interview me for the AD article.
I've lost track of the problems -- an HVAC system that was designed for a factory environment, not a small theatre, and which has been nothing but trouble since the day it was turned on, poor airflow that results in negative pressure at the door that's so strong patrons can't pull the doors open at certain times of year, a complete lack of grease vents at the concession stand so that the popcorn oil condenses on the ceiling and has to be manually scoured away, plumbing that runs upward thru an outside wall and is prone to freezing and rupturing when there's an extended cold spell, and a projection booth with no means for venting the heat from auxiliary equipment outside without removing the porthole glass. And absolutely inexplicably, no access to the roof from inside the building. Every day that goes by some new thing appears that causes me to shake my fist and curse the people who designed the renovation. Bah.
They didn't interview me for the AD article.