At about 7:30 p.m. on a Monday in August, I found my way into a deserted multiplex under construction.

I could have just strolled in through those tarps, but I took the skulking route around back, where I was required to climb some scaffolding stairs to get inside.

Looking down at where the seats will go in future Theatre (let's say) 7:

Future theatres 3, 4, and 5:

The pictures don't do justice to how big and airy -- and dim, at dusk -- this shell of a building was.

There was a ladder leading up to the roof, but I only made it about four-fifths up before deciding that I was not going to have the nerve to transition off the ladder onto the roof, and turning back. It was a tall ladder.