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intervened and a
Permanent Conservation Order was imposed on The Ritz building in March, 1993. The current owners refurbished the building in the late 1990s, adding additional cinemas to the original single principal cinema theatre in order to allow The Ritz to survive in the era of competition with
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and is one of the few surviving examples of the hundreds of cinemas which were built during the 1930s, one of the most creative periods of cinematic design in
Australia... The Ritz, which has operated almost continuously as a movie theatre since 1937, has social values as a community cultural
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During the early years of the
Randwick municipality, the area to the west of The Spot (Barker and Botany Streets) was home to labourers and workmen who built some of the finer homes in the Randwick area. The area was often referred to as 'Struggletown' or, less commonly, 'Irish Town'. The
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has held an annual food and film festival at The Spot featuring special screenings of films at The Ritz, live performances and food stalls. The Spot Food and Film
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The locality name of "The Spot", too, is not officially registered with the
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Research by a local historical society has revealed that The Spot probably lies on trails that were made through the bushland by members of earliest
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and most notably the facade of shops on the corner of
Perouse Road and St Pauls Street which follows a curved pattern, necessary for the tram route which used to extend to
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The Road to Botany Bay: The Story of
Frenchmans Road Randwick Through the Journals of Lapérouse and the First Fleet Writers
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42 St Pauls Street - Pan Arcadian House, formerly the Masonic Temple (item I448 )
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larger multiplex cinema chains. In 1997, The Ritz Cinema was placed on the
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