One of Scotland's leading architectural firms is to lead an investigation into how to revitalise an historic cinema.
Page\Park are to conduct the feasibility study into the restoration of the disused Broadway Cinema in Prestwick, south Ayrshire.
The cinema has a rich history - it was designed by Alister G MacDonald (1898-1993), the son of the Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
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The Art Deco building, C-listed, has had a number of uses in its life, including being used as a bingo hall, amusement arcade and squash court.
The last film to be screened there was One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, on Saturday November 20th 1976.
Friends of the Broadway Prestwick, a voluntary group dedicated to restoring the site, recently received a £15,000 grant from the Scottish Government’s Activating Ideas fund to support the work.
However, it is expected a complete revamp of the building could cost up to £3m.
Work on the feasibility study is to be completed by the end of March.
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The building has been unused since the early 2000s, and the Friends of the Broadway Prestwick hope the building can be brought into community ownership.
Eilidh Henderson, project lead at Page\Park Architects, architects of buildings such as The Lighthouse, Eden Court Theatre and the Glasgow Theatre Royal extension, said: “1930’s Scotland saw an explosion of a new type of building, the Art Deco cinema.
"Page\Park are delighted to have been successful in the bid to lead a team on the journey with the Friends of the Broadway Prestwick to think about the future use and transformation of the cinema into an attractive community asset.”
Leica Malkin, chair of Friends of the Broadway Prestwick added: "The feasibility study is a vital component for assessing and progressing with the project, and our group are all very much looking forward to working with Page\ Park.
"They join us in the belief that the Broadway will once again play a significant role in the Prestwick community as a key social and cultural focal point in the town centre."
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Alister G. MacDonald was one of the leading architect of newsreel cinemas in Britain.
His most famous such designs were at Victoria and Waterloo Stations in London, and he designed plans for a cinema in Glasgow's Central Station.
He designed for the Caledonian Associated Cinemas group (CAC) in Scotland, including the Playhouses in Peebles, Montrose and Elgin as well as the Empire Cinema for the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park in 1938.
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