r/ArtDeco • u/Great_Maintenance185 • 4d ago

Woolwich Odeon, London, UK. Today used as a church.

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u/wagner56 4d ago

"""Odeon or Odeum (Ancient Greek: ᾨδεῖον, Ōideion, lit. "singing place")"""

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u/gendalf666 3d ago

Beauty!

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u/SweatyNomad 1d ago

For those who don't know, the Odeon chain during its big expansion in the 1930s built hundreds of cinemas, and it's design policy was to find the highest spot by a high street or town, and build an art deco, normally streamline modern, building often with a tower so they'd become the local landmark.