| Granada, Tooting | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Town or city | London, SW17 |
| Coordinates | 51°25′36″N 0°9′59″W / 51.42667°N 0.16639°W |
| Construction started | 1931 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Cecil Massey |
| Other designers | Theodore Komisarjevsky |
Buzz Bingo, Tooting (formerly Gala Bingo and the Granada Tooting cinema) is a Grade I listed building in Tooting, an area in the London borough of Wandsworth.
Originally built as one of the great luxurious Art Deco cinemas of the 1930s, it is still considered by many to be the most spectacular cinema in Britain.[1] In his 1966 guide to London's buildings, the architectural critic Ian Nairn said of it, "miss the Tower of London if you have to, but don't miss this".[2] In 2000 it became the first Grade I listed 1930s cinema and in 2015 was selected as an asset of community value.[3]
- ^ "Art Deco buildings in London". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Nairn, Ian (1966) Nairn's London, Penguin, p. 193
- ^ Taylor, Rebecca (16 December 2015). "Tooting's former Granada Cinema wins recognition as community asset". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2015.