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The Strand Arts Centre
Northern Ireland’s oldest cinema est.1935. Opened as a one screen cinema it changed into a variety theatre (1984), refurbished into a 4 screen cinema (1988) and is now a vibrant independent Arts Centre with daily cinema (2013). RPP architects won an RIA architectural award in 1998 for renovating the façade. On the tour you will see our Art Deco and shipyard influenced design (curved walls, porthole doors and lighting), 35mm film and digital projectors. You will also hear about the…
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Frames complex
Building open from 10am - 12 noon A five-storey red-brick building designed by William J. Fennell for Robert Watson & Co., cabinet makers and upholsterers. The furniture showroom and factory building was built by James Kidd in two phases. The front four-storey section at Library Square (including the tower) was completed in 1898 and the rear five storey section at Union Street was completed in 1907. R. Watson & Co. occupied Library House, as it was known, until closing in…
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Europa Hotel
The Europa Hotel is built on the site of the former Great Northern Railway Companys Belfast Terminus. The hotel was opened in July 1971 as Belfast's then tallest building and first hotel in the city to offer en-suites for all bedrooms. The building is closely linked to Belfast's recent history as the meeting point for many journalists during the Troubles, and itself being the target of many bomb attacks - over 40. Following a series of bombings the building was…
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The Europa Hotel is built on the site of the former Great Northern Railway Companys Belfast Terminus. The hotel was opened in July 1971 as Belfast's then tallest building and first hotel in the city to offer en-suites for all bedrooms. The building is closely linked to Belfast's recent history as the meeting point for many journalists during the Troubles, and itself being the target of many bomb attacks - over 40. Following a series of bombings the building was…
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