Funny that you mentioned Guerrila Gym... the Michigan Theatre [[4,050 seats) was the 3rd largest theatre designed by architects Rapp & Rapp of Chicago.
Their largest commission was the 4,381 seat Uptown Theatre in Chicago [[closed). And their 2nd largest commission was the 4,084 seat Brooklyn Paramount, which was converted to a basketball court, with the lobby used as a cafeteria for Long Island University.
Here are 2 images of the Brooklyn Paramount. The first shows the orginal theatre with a magnificent cove dawn over the procenium arch with an impressive suburst pattern. The 2nd image shows the auditorium today used as a basketball court. Fortunately little of the plasterwork was removed, and this venue too could one day be returned to theatre use.
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