Exactly.
Any hopes of renovation dashed in one dismissive sentence.
New construction is all about egos.
They can’t be the “visionaries” they think they are if they recycle something.
I’m willing to bet they’ve already planned for a shorter tower.
So it will look like a concession to the community when they complain about it’s size.
Well this is disturbing.
Drop the 37 stories idea, renovate the Varsity which is encapsulated behind the GAP, and they’d be heroes to the community.
Don’t believe them when they say it is in “too poor shape to reuse”.
From this rendering, it looks like they would annex the alley and tear down almost the whole block going North.
When I owned my collectables shop, I procured about 20-25 wooden folding chairs that originally been in use at the Morton Grove Theatre.
They were stensilled as such on the back as I recall.
I sold them all to a Civil War reenactor.
Because there were several other theatres on Main Street in Deadwood, without a specific address for this one, there is no way to search the street view for what is there now.
I added the Flame Theatre also on Main a while back, and there is a clothing boutique in that space now.
Update.
http://hoodline.com/2017/09/avenue-theater-neon-unveiling
Exactly. Any hopes of renovation dashed in one dismissive sentence. New construction is all about egos. They can’t be the “visionaries” they think they are if they recycle something. I’m willing to bet they’ve already planned for a shorter tower. So it will look like a concession to the community when they complain about it’s size.
1906 photo added courtesy of the Old School Boston Facebook page.
Well this is disturbing. Drop the 37 stories idea, renovate the Varsity which is encapsulated behind the GAP, and they’d be heroes to the community. Don’t believe them when they say it is in “too poor shape to reuse”. From this rendering, it looks like they would annex the alley and tear down almost the whole block going North.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ent-northlight-0906-story.html
1937 photo added, credit McLean County Museum of History.
Photo added. Castle Theater concession stand February 16, 1953. ISU Milner Archives photo.
Marquee detail photo added courtesy of Janeen Rosenberg‎.
1959 photo in below Flickr link.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98205045@N06/32529944451
1959 photo in below Flickr link.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98205045@N06/32529944451
Avon 7 in background.
Clear version of the 6/28/51 LIFE Magazine Photo added.
1940 photo added courtesy of David Kroger.
April 19, 1936 photo added credit Percy Loomis Sperr. RKO Keith’s with roof top sign on the right.
1955 photo added courtesy of Steve Michaels.
Undated marquee photo added credit The Delaware Gazette- Delaware County Historical Society.
1955 photo added courtesy of Melissa Moots Grau.
11/09/65 Boston Globe photo added. Power outage traffic jam.
When I owned my collectables shop, I procured about 20-25 wooden folding chairs that originally been in use at the Morton Grove Theatre. They were stensilled as such on the back as I recall. I sold them all to a Civil War reenactor.
Photo added credit Bo Wiklund.
Because there were several other theatres on Main Street in Deadwood, without a specific address for this one, there is no way to search the street view for what is there now. I added the Flame Theatre also on Main a while back, and there is a clothing boutique in that space now.
Deadwood Theatre marquee upper L/H corner.
2 undated photos added courtesy of Rick Munday.
1939 Days Of `76 parade photo added courtesy of Steve Norquist. Deadwood Theatre marquee in the upper L/H/ corner.
March 1936 foyer promotion for Boris Karloff’s “The Walking Dead” added.
15th Anniversary December 1935 photo added courtesy of the Retro Quad Cities Facebook page. Haven’t fully cross referenced what’s on the marquee yet.