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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Work stops on Sameric
Philadelphia Daily News: "LIVE NATION says it has ceased construction and renovations on the Sameric (1908 Chestnut), the art-deco movie palace that has been closed since May 2002."
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Sounds like they ran out of money to me. I think renevating old buildings is a wonderful to reconnect with our past. But sometimes, it would just cost less money to knock it down and build another. Is it better to just let go? Could they just keep some artifacts and display them in the new building? I guess they are wishing they did...
this happened in my hometown actually...well, it's still going on in fact... http://www.pstos.org/instruments/or/corvallis/whiteside.htm there is some debate about restoring it to its original grandeur...but re-doing the electrical and plumbing systems alone cost more than the revenue that could be created in such a small town...like many others like it, this theatre might be destined for the wreaking ball instead of being restored or preserved to pay homage to the movie palace's place in entertainment history.
2 comments:
Sounds like they ran out of money to me. I think renevating old buildings is a wonderful to reconnect with our past. But sometimes, it would just cost less money to knock it down and build another. Is it better to just let go? Could they just keep some artifacts and display them in the new building? I guess they are wishing they did...
this happened in my hometown actually...well, it's still going on in fact... http://www.pstos.org/instruments/or/corvallis/whiteside.htm there is some debate about restoring it to its original grandeur...but re-doing the electrical and plumbing systems alone cost more than the revenue that could be created in such a small town...like many others like it, this theatre might be destined for the wreaking ball instead of being restored or preserved to pay homage to the movie palace's place in entertainment history.
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