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In keeping with his atmospheric design of theatres, John Eberson completed the Italian garden effect by creating a star-studded sky. The blue ceiling was constructed twenty feet below the roof of the building. In the ceiling are small ten watt light bulbs arranged to form constellations of stars. Akron's theatre shows the January sky because it is the brightest. On each side of the ceiling is a projection machine equipped with a disc about fifteen inches in diameter with cloud pictures on it to create a moving cloud effect when rotated. Perhaps the most talked about aspect of Akron's Loew's Theatre has been teh stars and clouds ceiling which conveys to those who attend performances a peaseful atmosphere of beautiful, clear evening. Another famous aspect of the theatre is its 1928 Wurlitzer organ. The large stage, just beyond the forty-person orchestra pit, has a proscenium opening of fifty-four feet in width and thirty feet in height. The entire theatre has a cooling and heating system that was installed during the construction of the building and is still used today. Two conditioners, a one hundred fifty ton unit and a seventy five ton unit can completely change the air every seventy-two seconds. |
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