A view from
the stage. |
The balcony
foyer, or mezzanine as it was called.
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This is the
air-conditioning compressor. It ran with an ammonia-based
refrigeration system. This unit operated from start-up
until the theatre closed in 1975. It was hoisted
into the basement by crane and the building was
constructed around it. |
The main ticket
booth was located inside the door on the seventh
street side. This booth is in the Jayhawk Walk and
will be used for an information kiosk as restoration
starts. |
Touted as
one of the finest lighting systems west of the Mississippi,
this five-ton board and power bus-bar are intact
and in their original locations in the left stage
wing. |
An inside
view of the lighting system. |
A three-manual,
nine rank Kilgren theatre pipe organ once adorned
the Jayhawk. |
An organ chamber resides at each side of the theatre |
"Famous
Broadway Mannequins sporting the latest Spring Styles"
is what appeared in the advertisements for the opening
of the Jayhawk Walk. One of the first of the indoor
malls, this was a showcase for the Crosby Bros.
merchandise and a few other merchant stores.
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What looks
to be walnut display cases in The Jayhawk Walk are
actually frames made from cast brass and copper.
The walk is used daily and in fine condition. The
door on the far left is one of the exit doors to
the theatre. Note the mosaic tile floor, of which
each square was hand-laid and is one inch square.
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This is the
lobby of Jayhawk Tpwers, once a hotel and now an
office building. The theatre is connected to the
towers. |
This hallway
of the dressing rooms sits underneath the stage,
and is barely six-feet high.
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A dressing
room underneath the stage.
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A wide view
of the proscenium arch which sits above the stage,
adorned with plaster hawks and sunflowers
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Unique to
the Jayhawk, the plaster hawks and sunflowers across
the arch were done by hand, with no molding, by
an unknown plaster artist. This sets the theatre
apart from others where molds were used. |
