p.p.s.: The new project is scheduled to be a mixed-use, commercial/residential development, bolstering the surrounding neighborhood and helping to revitalize the corridor and increase property values in the area. -GS
To all who are reading this thread… Allow me to shed some light on this location’s future. It is true that the church (Calvary Christian Fellowship) has had plans for many years now to redevelop this site and adjacent parcels into a Senior Living, Mixed Use development but has run into serious financial trouble in getting the project off the ground. The proposed project has enormous support from the surrounding community who see this Theatre as an eyesore and nothing beholding it’s historic grandeur. Saving the theatre has no purpose at this time to the Church, the City Council or the neighboring community. There is a new effort under way to revive the project (not as Senior living) apart from the Church’s control, and try as best as we can to keep the spirit of the Theatre alive through facade treaments which lend memories back to its hey-day. Thanks to all the comments on this site, you really give us a lot more background details on this property and its uses and memories from yesteryear. If we go forward with the project soon, we will be certain to retain the historical memories in some fashion for all to see in the future. Thank You for your interest and submissions. -GS
p.s.: the Calvary website was not renewed and taken down on purpose due to other conflicts not related entirely to this project.
p.p.s.: The new project is scheduled to be a mixed-use, commercial/residential development, bolstering the surrounding neighborhood and helping to revitalize the corridor and increase property values in the area. -GS
To all who are reading this thread… Allow me to shed some light on this location’s future. It is true that the church (Calvary Christian Fellowship) has had plans for many years now to redevelop this site and adjacent parcels into a Senior Living, Mixed Use development but has run into serious financial trouble in getting the project off the ground. The proposed project has enormous support from the surrounding community who see this Theatre as an eyesore and nothing beholding it’s historic grandeur. Saving the theatre has no purpose at this time to the Church, the City Council or the neighboring community. There is a new effort under way to revive the project (not as Senior living) apart from the Church’s control, and try as best as we can to keep the spirit of the Theatre alive through facade treaments which lend memories back to its hey-day. Thanks to all the comments on this site, you really give us a lot more background details on this property and its uses and memories from yesteryear. If we go forward with the project soon, we will be certain to retain the historical memories in some fashion for all to see in the future. Thank You for your interest and submissions. -GS
p.s.: the Calvary website was not renewed and taken down on purpose due to other conflicts not related entirely to this project.