Sunday, March 9th, Tony and I was driving around and doing our URBAN Hiking in Talladega, Alabama. Everyone arrives in this old historical city for the big Nascar Races, but NOT ME...I wanted to see the buildings and the Victorian and Antibellum Homes. I didn't realize there were so many. I need to come back to this town and really spend a entire day here walking around.
I did find the BEST EXAMPLE of ART DECO Theatre in area.
The Historical Ritz Theatre is GORGEOUS !!!! I just wish it was in the evening so I could see the Marque all lite up. I would love to go into this one.
Some brief history about the theatre:
Talladega's Ritz Theatre (circa 1936) is considered one of the best surviving examples of the Art Deco mainstreet theatres of the 1930's. Careful restoration of the landmark's extraordinary facade - comprised exclusively of opaque structural glass, a common constructoin material used lavishly during the Deco period in buildings like the Rockerfeller Center in New York City - was completed in late 1997 with perfectly matched antique vitrolite. read more