SwtM - Fox Theater Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 5/2/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: large (large)

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At the posted coordinates you will find two signs with information on this park's history. You will need to use these two signs to solve for the final location of this two-stage multi-cache

Use the brass sign set into the large boulder to solve for the north coordinates.

A = The # of A's plus the # of B's in the first line
B = 1st digit of the park acreage
C = 2nd digit of the park acreage
D = The # of vowels in his first name
E = The # of letters in her first name

Now use the brown sign mounted across the sidewalk to solve for the west coordinates.

V = The # of letters in the abbreviated seal at the bottom of the sign
W = The # of letters in the word just below "state-owned"
X = The # of times the word "funding" appears
Y = The # of trees pictured
Z = The # of states pictured

The cache is located at: N42 AB.CDE W085 VW.XYZ

[2016 series / Historic Landmarks]
The Fox Theatre is a performing arts center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres chain. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 for its architecture. The Fox has 5,048 seats and is the largest surviving movie palace of the 1920s and the largest of the original Fox Theatres. The Fox was fully restored in 1988. The Detroit Fox is one of five spectacular Fox Theatres built in the late 1920s and was designed with a lavish interior featuring a blend of Burmese, Chinese, Indian and Persian motifs.

There are three levels of seating, the Main Floor above the orchestra pit, the Mezzanine, and the Gallery (balcony). The exterior of the attached 10-story office building features a façade with Asian motifs which, when illuminated at night, can be seen for several blocks.

The Fox opened in 1928 and remained Detroit's premier movie destination for decades. Unlike many neighboring theatres, it operated continually until it was closed in the 1980s for restoration. However, by the 1960s, the venue was showing its age and maintenance of many key areas was deferred. By the 1970s mezzanine and balcony seating areas were closed to the public.

The gala opening took place September 21, 1928. The live show depicted a history of Detroit from its settlement in 1701 to the present. Productions included feature-length movies, shorts and newsreels, and performances by the 60-piece Fox Theatre Grand Orchestra, a 50-voice choir and a 32-member chorus line called the Tillerettes. This was Fox's version of producer Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel's Roxyettes.

During World War II, like many theaters in the area, the Fox operated 24 hours a day to accommodate defense plant workers on afternoon and evening shifts. The theater routinely grossed $75,000 a week when admission was 35 cents. In 1953, the theater was the first in Michigan equipped for CinemaScope and premiered the epic picture The Robe.

Lore says that Eve Leo, wife of Fox President William Fox, was unhappy when she learned that the theatre was to have a bare floor. She insisted it needed carpeting, so it was covered with what was the largest single-piece wool rug ever manufactured. The rug covered 3,600 square feet of the lobby floor and weighed 3,000 pounds.

The orchestra pit and sections of the stage can be raised and lowered on hydraulic lifts. The stage is 78 ft wide, 32 ft deep and houses the four-manual 36-rank Wurlitzer organ. This organ was constructed especially for the theatre and is one of the few theatre organs in the world that remains in its original installation.

The ceiling is designed to resemble a round tent with an oculus supported by spears. The tent drapes slightly and is covered with acoustical felt bearing a stenciled design. The ceiling of the oculus is blue with a globe chandelier of colored glass suspended from a starburst design. The chandelier is 13 ft in diameter weighs 2,000 lb and contains 1200 pieces of glass. The projection booth was one of the largest of its day and originally housed four projectors, three spotlights and a Brenograph Machine to produce special effects.
Visit 14 geocaches in the SwtM series. At each geocache collect a letter and number combination. Insert them into the phrase: FiTS LIKe A GlOVE
Use the coordinates from the phrase to find the final geocache and become a Mitten Master
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Norway to Wakefield Gordy Howe Intl. Bridge ElvisFest
S.S. Chicora Jacob's Falls Fox Theater
Point Iriquois Lighthouse S.S. Badger ArtPrize
Grand Island Calumet Mitten Master

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Purpxfhzf: Abegu = 24, Jrfg = 13

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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