page_title: Plaza Theatre (Sydney)
section_title: Design and construction
hierarchical_section_title: Plaza Theatre (Sydney) / Design and construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaza Cinema, Sydney
context_page_description: The former Plaza Theatre in Sydney, New South Wales is a heritage listed building designed as a 2000-seat cinema by Eric Heath for the Hoyts Group. It is rare surviving example central Sydney's inter-war building boom in theatre buildings. It is one of a handful of central Sydney's surviving theatre buildings.
context_section_description: The building was constructed in the years 1929 and 1930 by the building firm James Porter & Sons and to a design by Eric Heath. The brickwork facade is rendered in a rough cast stucco giving an exaggerated texture. The raised decorative detailing is in precast concrete. There are five floors including a basement and the three storey facade above the awning is symmetrical. It is dominated by a three window four Corinthian column loggia. The columns are supported on pedimented brackets and finish in an entablature incorporating spiral [urn]s. The individual windows are topped by decoration and the north-west corner is chamfered.
caption: A section of the beamed ceiling showing coloured and stencilled floral motifs
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