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Resting on the marquee was a battleship <br />prow type of attraction board carrying chan- <br />nels for the metal letters used to display cur- <br />rent attractions at the theatre. This attractive <br />board was trimmed in porcelain and tied into <br />the general color scheme of the front. Direct- <br />ly above it and resting against the front of the <br />building was a huge vertical electric sign <br />spelling the word "Grand" vertically in individ- <br />ual letters. This special Textile sign was <br />modernistic in design and was done in metal <br />and porcelain with the color scheme of ma- <br />roon, orange and red. It was outlined entirely <br />in neon light. <br />The walls of the outer lobby were in cream <br />colored porcelain decorated with maroon <br />strips of color and were broken by maroon <br />trim and glass enclosed attraction panels: <br />The box office at the sidewalk entrance and <br />on the right side of the outer lobby was circu- <br />lar in design with a heavy black base and top <br />trimmed in chromium metal. The floor of the <br />outer lobby was in terrazzo tile, the sidewalk <br />in the area immediately in front of the theatre <br />was constructed of maroon and light red con- <br />crete. <br />The inner lobby was reached through a set of <br />rust colored doors paneled in plate glass with <br />a white metal base strip and hardware of the <br />Ir,age # 5: <br />same color. The side walls of the inner lob- ~ Grard Th,eaire Facade Tendering. Paris-Ter.as circa i937/ <br />Fsr!!y l latco .m,b property. <br />by were of fawn colored plaster decorated' <br />with panels of gold and rust and it has a composition ceiling in lemon yellow with orange and maroon <br />decorative motifs. <br />The walls on each side of the inner lobby contained glass panel frames of a harmonizing color which <br />carried advance attraction posters. From the inner lobby, the foyer and downstairs promenade were <br />reached through a set of solid slab doors in rust color with circular panels of glass trimmed in metal for <br />visionary purposes. The side walls of the foyer were greenish gray with lemon ceiling and decorative <br />bands of grays, blues and greens. The lower promenade which immediately joined the foyer was sand <br />colored with decorative maroon and gold bands. <br />5 <br />130 <br />