"…a flash of bright lights and cinematic seduction, dimmed by time and memory."
Gwendolyn inhaled the scent sealed behind closed doors which hadn’t been opened in decades and imagined the grand lobby as it had been—crystal chandeliers hovering majestically from gold-plated fixtures, a winding line of patrons spilling over the oriental carpeting leading up to the canopied ticket counter. She opened her eyes and exhaled the romanticized ideas of a bygone era of theater and decadence.
A Los Angeles-based architect working in a male-dominated field, Gwendolyn pursues her dream of renovating the historical Broadway Theater District to its former glory, but not without the conflicting emotions of gentrification and a distracting affair with a married man from a competitive firm.