Fox Theatre Main Lobby, Atlanta, Georgia
The
Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia offers over 100,000 square feet of floor space
surrounded by decorative finishes and ornamental plasterwork.
The 1998 lobby ceiling project was necessitated by ordinary environmental
circumstances paired with extraordinary events such as plumbing leaks and a
fire. The treatment area, measuring
approximately 100 feet by 35 feet, was surveyed and the differing levels of
damage observed required a bifurcation of approaches.
Regions of deep plaster decay were identified for patching and pattern
recreation while less disrupted areas were programmed for touch up.
All methods were selected and analyzed using the most badly damaged area
as an on-site laboratory. Prior
experience in the lobby had proven the need for careful investigation; an
earlier refurbishment of the walls had long hidden the stencil pattern revealed
through the exposure shown in the photo.
Lobby 
Exposure
