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约克剧院的翻新是几十年的努力的结果，以挽救一个历史性的社区剧院被拆除。

The York Theatre renovation is the result of a decades long struggle to save a historic community theatre from demolition.

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始建于1913年的阿尔卡扎尔剧院，在其百年历史上多次改变身份。第一次开业十年后，温哥华小剧院协会(加拿大历史最悠久的社区剧院公司)购买了它，并将其重新开放为“小剧院”。后来进行了一次大规模的翻新，引入了装饰艺术风格的外观，导致它在1940年重新启动，成为约克剧院。

Originally built in 1913 as the Alcazar Theatre, the building changed identities numerous times over its storied 100-year history. Ten years after it first opened, it was purchased by the Vancouver Little Theatre Association, (Canada’s oldest continuously operating community theatre company), which reopened it as the ‘Little Theatre’. Then a major renovation, introducing an art deco style exterior, led to its re-launch in 1940 as the York Theatre.

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在随后的几年里，建筑物的外观和用途继续演变。它主办了从现场剧院，宝莱坞电影放映，朋克和粗俗摇滚音乐会(表演者包括涅槃，声波青年，D.O.A.和死肯尼迪)。

Over the years that followed, the building’s appearance and uses continued to evolve. It hosted everything from live theatre, to Bollywood movie screenings, to punk and grunge rock concerts (performers included Nirvana, Sonic Youth, D.O.A. and the Dead Kennedys).

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2007年，一位开发商购买了剧院用地，并获得了建造三层五单元联排别墅的建筑许可证。经过20年的社区活动，剧院再次成为拆除的目标，并被列入温哥华遗产的2008年十大濒危遗址名单。

In 2007, a developer purchased the theatre site and had a building permit to construct a three-storey, five-unit townhouse development. After two decades of community activism, the theatre was again a target for demolition, and was listed on Heritage Vancouver’s 2008 Top Ten Endangered sites.

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然而，该小组与Jim Green合作，在Henriquez Partners建筑公司进行了一项可行性研究。

However, a feasibility study conducted by the team at Henriquez Partners Architects, in collaboration with Jim Green & Associates, demonstrated the viability of reinvesting in the theatre. As a result, the City of Vancouver added financial backing to enable the rehabilitation to proceed.

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亨利克斯合伙建筑师事务所(Henriquez Partners Architors)重新启用约克剧院(york剧院)，被雇来进行翻修，包括全面恢复入口，以与1940年的艺术装饰门面相匹配，彻底翻新剧院空间，再次作为演出场所，并增加了一个新的、现代化的两层玻璃大厅。

Hired on to undertake the renovation, Henriquez Partners Architects’ revival of the York Theatre involved fully restoring the entry to match the 1940 art deco façade, completely renovating the theatre space to again serve as a performance venue, and adding a new, modern two-storey glass lobby.

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表演空间包括365个座位，一个传统的舞台拱门，一个飞行塔，一个阳台和一个管弦乐坑。克里斯托弗·盖兹(海滩上的巴德艺术总监)在参观翻新后的设施时指出：“音响效果很好”。

The performance space features 365 seats, a traditional proscenium arch, a fly tower, a balcony and an orchestra pit. Christopher Gaze, (artistic director of Bard on the Beach) noted while touring the renovated facility: “the acoustics are excellent”.

在新的大堂设计中，设计了一片开阔的玻璃，目的是让剧院让社区的人感到开放和方便，并使商业大道上的街道生活充满活力。充满活力的红色瓷砖，装饰在大厅外部，来自当地的一家BC公司，框架内的人群，并作为一个隐喻的真实表演在里面展开，(红色瓷砖回响的舞台幕，观众成为演员)。

The intention of the expanse of glass featured in the new lobby design is to make the theatre feel open and accessible for people in the community, and to animate the street life on Commercial Drive. The vibrant red tile, adorning the lobby exterior and sourced from a local BC company, frames the crowd within, and serves as a metaphor for the real performances unfolding inside, (the red tile echoing the stage curtain, and the audience becoming the actors).

重建后的剧院现在由温哥华东部文化中心(Cultch)经营，预计将提高社区作为文化中心的身份。在2013年12月7日正式重开的前夕，加拿大遗产和官方语言部长谢利·格洛弗阁下说：“这座百年历史瑰宝无疑将巩固当地作为一个主要文化区的地位。像约克剧院这样的艺术和文化组织不仅为我们社区的活力作出了贡献，而且还丰富了所有加拿大人的生活质量。

The restored theatre is now operated by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (CULTCH) and is expected to enhance the community’s identity as a cultural hub. On the eve of its official reopening on December 7, 2013, The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, stated: “this 100-year-old historical gem will undoubtedly solidify the local area as a major cultural district. Arts and culture organizations like the York Theatre not only contribute to the vitality of our communities, but also enrich the quality of life of all Canadians.