York Theatre Murals, Montreal

The York Theatre in Montreal was built in 1938 to designs by architect Perry, Luke and Little. The interior decoration was planned by Emmanuel Briffa who commissioned Kenneth Hensley Holmden to paint eight Art Deco style murals for the theatre.

I don't have any pictures of the theatre because having been badly damaged by fire in 1989 it was subequently purchased by Concordia University and demolished to make way for a new university building on the corner of Guy St and Rue Ste-Catherine.

Thanks to MaZe Canada and colros you can see what it looked like via their flickr sites.

Of the eight murals, three were salvaged by the University who have restored them and placed them in their building that replaced the old York Theatre.