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The Winter Garden Theatre is semi-hidden, seven stories above the Elgin Theatre. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb and built in 1914, it is decorated like a garden: the ceiling is a full canopy of leaves, with a moon shining through. The pillars are tree trunks, and everything is delicately painted with ivy and roses and rolling landscapes.

It is the only operating double-decker theatre in the world. It was originally open for only about 10 years, and then was closed and abandoned. In 1981 the restoration project began. Because the theatre below had still been in use, the building had been maintained, so most of the original Winter Garden theatre could be recovered. Much of the original canopy had to be replaced though (over 5000 real branches were harvested -- from trees that were being cut down anyway).