Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas, Edinburgh at 12:00 on 27 July 2024
This is in the background of my post from three days ago. It’s on the corner of Gorgie Road and Alexander Drive and used to be Poole’s Roxy Cinema. Only the facade of the cinema remains.:-

It’s glorious though:-

Detail in Alexander Drive. From the website linked to above this is a later addition, possibly from when the building was turned over to shops and flats:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Edinburgh at 12:00 on 24 July 2024
This one is on the corner of Gorgie Road and Westfield Road:-

Facade:-

Ironwork railings on balcony:-

Central Detail:-

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Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Cinemas at 12:00 on 11 December 2014
While walking to Tynecastle I passed two Art Deco buildings on Gorgie Road.
The first was the former Tivoli Picture House/New Tivoli Cinema.

Nice detailing on the stonework and great zig-zag pattern on the roofline above the canopied entrance. Strong horizontals elsewhere.
The opposite view:-

In the first photo you can see the terrace of shops beyond the cinema. I had to stitch two photos to get the whole row in the picture below. The building is of course not curved.

More pictures of the New Tivoli can be found on the Scottish Cinemas website.
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