The State Theatre, originally opened in 1935 at 719 Congress Avenue in the heart of downtown Austin, is a striking work of Art Deco architecture -- and as the first theatre in the city purpose-built for screening movies, it's also historically interesting. But its location, directly next door to the larger and grander Paramount Theatre, has arguably relegated the other theatre to second-fiddle status. Once the two venues merged back in . . .
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