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Pagoda Theater · 11 East Broadway
Pagoda Theater

The Pagoda Theater, 11 East Broadway, 1964

The Pagoda Theater (1963-1996) was the last new Lee commission built in Chinatown, straddling the boundary between the modern Chinese style and Orientalist kitsch.Opened in 1964, the Pagoda Theater, a Chinese motion-picture house on 11 East Broadway was designed with a three-tiered pagoda jutting upward from the roof's corner.

IMAGE DATE1964
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