A crowning jewel of history

I shouldn't be posting this picture, but it’s an interesting story.  The Majestic Theater, first opened in 1929, is one of the crowning jewels of the San Antonio Arts community.  but like all institutions this old, it had its segregation history.  My grandma told me she used to go watch movies here when she was young.  there was the “white” entrance and the “colored” entrance.  Today, only three of the floors are used in the theater (main floor, mezzanine, and balcony), but there is a fourth floor that wasn't remodeled in the 80s which was used by minorities and completely segregated from the white audience.  For the past 8 years, during every rehearsal, I’ve looked for how to gain access to the fourth floor balcony… and found it today! It had its own entrance from the street level behind the theater, its own box office, and six flights of stairs to get to their door into the theater.  I took this picture from up there today.  

I took the second picture from what looked to be a bullet hole in a window on the 6th floor in the stair case.  Great view of the Tower Life building.