Sandra's observation about the frescos in the DeKalb movie house resonates to my experience with extant theater buildings put to other uses. Once you pull out the seats, a theater auditorium makes a great warehouse -- wide unobstructed spaces with high ceilings. However, there's no reason to mess with the walls; one doesn't spend money painting the walls of a warehouse. Depending of what is being stored, there's a pretty good chance that the murals will remain, more-or-less untouched. Not always: At least one local theater building was used as a lumber yard where the shelves were built onto the walls. In this kind of situation it is likely that the frescos will be damaged. I guess, as with many other things, it all depends. . . . Cal Pryluck <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM> Dept of Radio-Television-Film <[log in to unmask]> Temple University Philadelphia, PA 19122