First, the old carpet. We've had it since they renovated the theatre in the 70's, and every inch of it was covered in spilled substances. The Five Second Rule did not apply to this atrocity, unless you count the amount of time it took for spilled liquid to completely disappear in it.
Before the gaudy carpet was installed, terrazzo flooring rules the lobby. As you can see in the photo below depicting the original lobby from the 30's, there used to be a lounge up where concessions is now, which gives a lot more sense to the restroom placement these days. Also, it was ladies night, luxurious china give-away. We should have those again, the old people would love it.
When they ripped the old carpet out, they found not only a disgusting mass of old floor padding, but the remnants of the original terrazzo, lining the entire lobby and corridors. They jackhammered that beautiful shit out. Maybe it was the Swastikaesque "t" logo in the middle...
Aaand here is what they laid down.
It's technically new, if you don't count the fact that it was just surplus of carpet from another one of Reading's other cinemas, which they actually take care of.
It looks like shitty space with popcorn flying about (good movie house design, considering there IS popcorn flying about)
It was sort of nice getting carpet I feel safe laying down on.
Angela's real excited.
They told us when they installed it that it was just temporary (you know, to avoid lawsuits from the ratty old carpet, or more possible because of a lawsuit). They told us they were working on reproducing the original carpet of the theatre in it's heyday, beautiful art deco sweeping birds, to replace the "temporary carpet. I'll believe it when I see it installed. But we still have a little remnant of the original wool carpeting in our dressing room, so a girl can dream.
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