May 27th Philadelphia, Bulletin by Thom Nickles.
Philadelphia has a poor record of saving old buildings, but over 100 folks met amid shouts of "Save the Boyd! Save the Boyd" shouts at lunchtime outside the historic Boyd Theatre Thursday. Some wore black "Save the Boyd" tee-shirts and there was lots of media in attendance.
The Boyd is one of the last-surviving downtown movie palaces and considered to be an art deco masterpiece.
There were speakers and they pushed the fact that a restored Boyd would attract more first-rate Broadway plays and it would be good for tourism.
The Boyd was recently listed on the National Trust for Hisrtoric Preservation's eleven most threatened historic sites.
See May 30th blog entry.
Like They Said, "Save the Boyd." --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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