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Restorations
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January 27, 2012
Strand Theatre gets $150K grant
PLATTSBURGH, NY — The Charles R. Wood Foundation has awarded the Strand Theatre a $150K grant for its restoration. With these funds, they’re getting closer to reaching their goal. More and more local citizens are getting on board with the idea of this being a new anchor for downtown.
Read the full story at WPTZ
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December 14, 2011
Will Rogers Theatre to be restored
CHARLESTON, IL — The new owners of the Will Rogers Theatre don’t want to just reopen, they want to restore it to its grandeur. Vacant since 2010 when AMC left town, the plan is now to take whatever time necessary to install a new large screen after looking at the elements present and decide how to thoughtfully make it a palace again.
Read more of the exciting news in the Daily Eastern News.
(Thanks to Norman Plant for providing the photo.)
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October 24, 2011
Turn for the best in North Texas
Theaters across North Texas are opening up their doors again as the region provides many recent success stories. The Star Telegram looks at some of the highlights along with quotes from Cinema Treasures.
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September 30, 2011
Miller Theater to be restored
AUGUSTA, GA — It’s unclear at this point exactly what’s going to be done or when it will be finished, but the Miller Theater is being restored. When completed, the Symphony Orchestra Augusta will have its first permanent home.
Read the full story in the Augusta Chronicle.
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August 31, 2011
Planning on Kings has begun
BROOKLYN, NY — After being chosen to restore the Loew’s Kings last year, ACE Theatrical Group has been inside the theatre investigating how to transform it back to its grandeur. They plan to add spaces to make it more viable for live theatre and have the work done by 2014.
Read the full story in the Wall Street Journal.
(Thanks to lumierefl for providing the pic).
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June 30, 2011
National Trust for Historic Preservation Recounts Fate of Boston Theaters
BOSTON, MA — The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s blog, Preservation Nation, looks back on Boston’s efforts to preserve and rejuvenate the city’s Paramount, Modern, and the former B. F. Keith Memorial (Boston Opera House) theaters.
“Distinguished in their day,” Wendy Nicholas writes, “the three Boston theaters we designated as endangered in 1995 sat shuttered and moldering in an area of downtown then known as ‘The Combat Zone,’ the city’s adult entertainment district.” Since then, all three theaters have reopened as arts and/or entertainment venues. Emerson College now operates the Paramount, while Suffolk University uses the Modern.
(Thanks to Jack Coursey for the image.)
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June 27, 2011
Palace Theatre Reopens for 100th Anniversary
LOS ANGELES, CA — After a $1 million restoration by the Delijani family, which also owns the Los Angeles, State, and Tower theaters, the Palace Theatre has reopened for live shows and occasional film screenings. The theater hosted three sold out screenings of “Sunset Boulevard” yesterday and delighted audiences with its refurbished and restored appearance. Programming will begin on July 28th with a “live circus-burlesque show.”
Developer Ezat Delijani, 34, shares his memories of “running around and playing” in the Los Angeles in the 1980s with the Los Angeles Times: “My dad was so thankful to this country for taking us in [after fleeing the Revolution in Iran]. These four theaters are [his] legacy.”
(Thanks to “Hollywood90038” for the terrific photo)
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June 23, 2011
Woodland looks to restore historic movie house
WOODLAND, CA — It’s been a long road to getting the State Theatre back on its feet. But the city finally seems to be putting their money where their mouth is and investing serious dollars into making this restoration into an anchor of downtown.
Read more in the Sacramento Bee.
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June 15, 2011
Pittsburg fast tracks theater restoration
PITTSBURG, CA — The Mercury News is talking about the detailed restoration of the California Theater. In order to draw people downtown, the city is investing over a million dollars in this project and have already installed a new replica marquee.
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February 9, 2011
Efforts to restore Franklin Theatre payoff; theater reopens in June
FRANKLIN, TN — The dedicated efforts to restore and reopen the 1937 Franklin Theatre are bearing fruit. The theater just got a new marquee, a faithful reproduction of the original, and the theater itself will reopen on June 3 as venue for both movies and live performances.
“This is the kind of universal crossroads for this county that we love so much,” said Aubrey Preston, interim director of the theater. “The Franklin Theatre is the common denominator for all races and religions, all political parties. It is the thing that really brings everybody together and that we need more of in this world.”
There is a story with a picture in the Tennessean.