I always said and I always will if they are not running movies anymore then tear them down. Stop letting these fraud churches have them for tax free. Hit them with the wrecking ball.
I would love to see a similar article – with the slide show and inteactive map – for other cities such as Chicago, Toronto, Detroit and others which clusters of theaters in downtowns.
What a wonderful article. A damn shame that the Paramount could not have been saved and restored for Broadway shows and concerts….like so many other cities have done with some of their old movie palaces. They really WERE palaces in those days, weren’t they.
Here’s a follow-up article about the Garrick, another downtown St. Paul theater that was not mentioned in the original article:
http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_13783041
I always said and I always will if they are not running movies anymore then tear them down. Stop letting these fraud churches have them for tax free. Hit them with the wrecking ball.
I would love to see a similar article – with the slide show and inteactive map – for other cities such as Chicago, Toronto, Detroit and others which clusters of theaters in downtowns.
What a wonderful article. A damn shame that the Paramount could not have been saved and restored for Broadway shows and concerts….like so many other cities have done with some of their old movie palaces. They really WERE palaces in those days, weren’t they.