Seville Theater
256 Meridian Street,
Boston,
MA
02128
256 Meridian Street,
Boston,
MA
02128
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This theater in East Boston was still listed in newspaper ads in the mid 1960s. Does anyone have any information about it?
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Gerald A. DeLuca
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The Seville sits on a prime real estate parcel and it’s a wonder that it has not been subjected to a redevelopment proposal before now. One can only wonder what the auditorium must look like today after 30 years of neglect.
An East Boston blog called “The Hubster” has some discussion of the Seville’s possible demolition:
Death for the Seville?
Seville plan in the news
CinemaTour has two photos of this theatre, from April 2003: One and Two
The neighborhood meeting on the proposed demolition of the Seville will be held Thursday, March 27 (not March 19 as previously reported) at 6:30 pm at the Harborside Community Center, 312 Border Street (Umana-Barnes Middle School).
Ron, you posted above about a neighborhood meeting over a year ago. Any news as to the outcome of the meeting? Anyone know what shape the inside of the theater is like?
Thanks
NicholasV: It says right in the article you refer to that the comdition is quite poor and there is very little of the original decor remaining. I’m sure the bad economy put a temporary stop to this development.
I have heard nothing more about the status of the Seville since the news, above, from March 2008. If you look at the two photos linked to above on 3-9-08 which were taken 6 ½ years ago, the interior was not as bad as it could have been, and there was still some decor remaining.
Hopefully this treasure wont be lost. Perhaps the Lombardo family can have a final thank you to East Boston by either restoring this property or sell it to a delveloper that would. The Hippodrome in Spriongfiled comes to mind, it’s been restored to it’s former glory and has been retrofited with modern tecnology.
The Lombardo family got it’s uses out of the Seville, being a storage building for both Lombardo’s function hall and
Liberty Market(s), they neglected the Seville since 1976 with the final nail in the coffen turning the Seville into condo’s.
Thats too bad.
If the condo project hasn’t started by now I seriously doubt anyone will be getting the ball rolling in this real estate market.
My guess is the property will continue as is for some time to come.
Most recent proposal for the property was to renovate the entire building into the new East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library…
That idea isn’t too well liked according to the reports due to the expense, however the fact that it is being eyed for a renovation period is a good sign.