RMIT reached out to the public with its plans to restore the Capitol at a formal announcement this week. Even with the entire ground floor turned into a concrete tunnel with drab cafes, the building is still a stunning piece of architectural history. The roof is a huge array of controllable coloured lights and symmetrical baffles – not bad for the mid-Twenties.
Owned by RMIT University, the theatre has been closed for several years. But it lives on in the memories of countless thousands of film buffs and cinema devotees who recall the time when they first visited the cinema.
