It could be curtains for Vancouver’s heritage theatre: Pantages Theatre Arts Society drops fight after city rejects restoration plan
For three years, a group of Vancouver arts and heritage enthusiasts has worked tirelessly to save an old vaudeville theatre in the city’s Downtown Eastside, arguing that the Pantages represents an important part of the city’s history. But now their efforts are exactly that: history. The Pantages Theatre Arts Society (PTAS) has officially pulled the plug on its fight to preserve and restore the theatre.
“I’m angry as hell,” says Charles Barber, executive director of PTAS, which on Friday sent an open letter to Heritage Vancouver members officially informing them of the decision.
“The city had a chance to change Hastings and Main from a cemetery to a marquee. They blew it.”
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