KLM unveils miniature house no. 102: Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam
Every year, KLM unveils a new miniature house to mark its anniversary on 7 October. This year's house is a Delftware miniature of Tuschinski Theatre in Amsterdam.
This new house arrives just three weeks before the Tuschinski movie theatre celebrates its centenary. This stunning cinema was opened on 28 October 1921 by the Polish immigrant Abraham Icek Tuschinski. With Hermann Ehrlich and Hermann Gerschtanowitz, Tuschinksi had built up a cinema empire in Rotterdam by the time a piece of ground near the Munt in Amsterdam caught his eye.
Fine lines and beautiful stone
The cinema that emerged here brought together a number of architectural styles: Amsterdam School, Jugendstil and art deco. When it opened, the newspaper Het Vaderland wrote: "The Tuschinski's monumen...