Toilets, Paramount Theatre, Oakland

Continuing my posts on the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, today I'm looking in to the upstairs foyer and toilets. This photo (above) shows the entrance to the ante-room leading to the Ladies toilet.

Both the Mens and the Ladies have these wonderfully decorated entrances. A pair of peacocks worshipping, seemingly, a sunburst at the apex of the opening. On either side, a male and female figure dressed in period finery.

Beyond the ante-room, the ladies are provided with a powder room.

Here we can see a suitably Art Deco styled vent.

and a large skylight depicting seabirds.

The foyer linking the two toilet areas has a curved ceiling with heavy beams creating square niches for decoration of abstract patterns, stylised floral patterns and deer or antelope.

Across the foyer we can see the entrance to the Mens toilet and the ante-room beyond.

Unlike the Ladies ante-room which is carpeted, the Mens' has a fantastic tile floor.

References:
Paramount Theatre website
Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger, Therese Poletti