Yay! Mutual aid! It’s such a beautiful thing. I love community projects like this.
Looking at that first picture, there was a very similar theater in the town where I grew up. It was just as ratty as you described, but I too have really good memories of going there with my friends. Unfortunately in my case, they tore it down, which always seemed like a shame. It was obviously glorious at one time, but in dire disrepair.
Unfortunately in my case, they tore it down, which always seemed like a shame. It was obviously glorious at one time, but in dire disrepair.
Ours was rundown but, relatively, watertight. It needed a lot spending on it but it’s worth it as you just couldn’t build something like that right in the middle of a town these days.
Driving around my state (South Dakota), I still see some of these old theaters open in tiny towns, and it always amazes me they’re still in operation. Most of them look like they’re of questionably structural integrity.
Yay! Mutual aid! It’s such a beautiful thing. I love community projects like this.
Looking at that first picture, there was a very similar theater in the town where I grew up. It was just as ratty as you described, but I too have really good memories of going there with my friends. Unfortunately in my case, they tore it down, which always seemed like a shame. It was obviously glorious at one time, but in dire disrepair.
Ours was rundown but, relatively, watertight. It needed a lot spending on it but it’s worth it as you just couldn’t build something like that right in the middle of a town these days.
Driving around my state (South Dakota), I still see some of these old theaters open in tiny towns, and it always amazes me they’re still in operation. Most of them look like they’re of questionably structural integrity.