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Scala Cinema Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape William Hood (Billy) GRANT: Architect

Date: 1937 Type: Cinema Status: Demolished 1994 Street: Main Road (cnr Bowwood Road)

(SAB Aug 1937:58) The Scala Cinema was Claremont's premier cinema for several decades. It was renamed 'Kine Protea' in 1969, and closed in 1992. The building was demolished in 1994, to make way for an office block. In addition to the cinema, the building housed several shops and some offices. Further details : cinema treasures [Note : the statement that the building was demolished in 1998 is incorrect. Demolition took place in September 1994, and the site stood vacant for a while (as can be seen on the 1996 and 1997 aerial surveys on the City of Cape Town's online City Map (citymaps.capetown.gov.za/EGISViewer)] (Arthur Radburn, October 2023) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.