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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

The Seattle Times promised an acre of seats in a palace of splendor, and the building delivered - then needed a Microsoft millionaire to save it. The Paramount Theatre at 911 Pine Street in downtown Seattle opened on 1 March 1928 as the Seattle Theatre, a 3,000-seat movie palace built by Paramount Pictures. The design paired Chicago's movie-palace masters Rapp and Rapp with local legend B. Marcus Priteca, wrapping a French Renaissance auditorium inside a combined theatre-and-office tower; the h...