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Preservation Alert
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November 16, 2011
Michael Moore fighting to save State Theatre
TRAVERSE CITY, MI — The often troubled State Theatre is in danger of closing again. Michael Moore is leading the charge to renovate the exterior and attempt to make bookings easier within its competitive market.
Read more in the Detroit News.
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October 27, 2011
Chelsfield and EAD sell Shepherd’s Bush cinema site for hotel development
LONDON, ENGLAND — The Sheperd’s Bush Pavilion is under threat of being redeveloped into a hotel. The Grade II listed building would be turned into an upscale hotel by Kosmopolito Hotels.
Read more in Savills
(Thanks to Ken Roe for providing the photo.)
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October 12, 2011
The Rialto: A Fading Treasure
SOUTH PASADENA, CA — A student from South Pasadena High School could have created a documentary on anything but chose to highlight the state of the Rialto Theatre. Following up on the history and the future of the theatre has become a passion for her and the film was presented at a town meeting the other week.
Read more in the South Pasadena Patch.
(Thanks to Dean Terry for providing the photo.)
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October 11, 2011
Cottage View Drive-In owner unsure of theater’s future
COTTAGE GROVE, MN — The Cottage View Drive-In has had many close calls before but this past summer might finally have been its last. Developers have been talking for a while about new uses for the land but filling the vacant spaces in town continues to be a higher priority.
Read the full story in the SWV Bulletin.
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September 28, 2011
The Parkway’s last shot
OAKLAND, CA — Now closed for two and a half years, the Parkway Theatre is starting to look like it won’t reopen anytime soon. What started off as an aggressive campaign with enthusiastic supporters has slowed down as roadblocks with their landlord emerged.
Read the full story in the East Bay Express.
(Thanks to katerw for providing the photo.)
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September 20, 2011
City to appeal to Bay Theatre owner
SEAL BEACH, CA — After being on the market for three years, the city of Seal Beach is trying to ensure the future of the Bay Theatre by getting the owner to preserve it as a historic landmark. Doing this would give it some stability by getting it funding for a restoration along with a tax break.
Read the full story in the Los Alamitos-Seal Beach Patch.
(Thanks to Ross Melnick for the photo.)
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August 22, 2011
Champaign theater might become co-op
CHAMPAIGN, IL — After less than two years, the relatively new owners of the Art Theatre have not been able to make ends meet. While they’re open to any suggestions, they’re recommending it become a co-op so the community can take responsibility for it.
Read more in the News Gazette.
(Thanks to dreameatergore for providing the photo.)
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July 19, 2011
McDonald’s Hopes to Fry the Detroit Theater
LAKEWOOD, OH — McDonald’s is working to purchase the historic Detroit Theater, which closed on January 30, 2011, and demolish it in order to build a new fast food outlet on the site, according to Cleveland’s TV station, Fox 8. Save The Detroit Theater has just been established to fight the corporation’s plan and raise the necessary funds to purchase the theater instead.
McDonald’s similarly tore down the Haleiwa Theater in Haleiwa, HI and residents are still mourning the loss many years later. The town is now without a single movie house.
(Thanks to the Theatre Historical Society for sharing this story on their Readerboard and to Steven Snodgrass for the photo.)
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July 1, 2011
Community Seeks Owner To Save Theater, Not Demolish It
CHETWYND, BC — We received the following plea from Leo Sabulsky hoping to find a new owner for the Red Rock Cinema: “Please note that the small town of Chetwynd in northeast BC has a wonderful community cinema and the family who originally started it wishes to sell. Our fears in the community are that it will be turned into an office building or destroyed. The couple who own it are in their 70’s and wish to sell desperately.”
Sabulsky, who is the General Manager of Peace FM and CHET TV 55, has helped produce a new website and commercial for the theater. “Help us save our theatre,” Sabulsky writes, “we do not need more office space or drinking establishment.
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June 30, 2011
Nothing to do, no place to go in Hong Kong (China Daily)