Vancouver: Fix the Pantages — and the neighbourhood (letter by Donna Spencer)
Re: It’s curtains for the Pantages Theatre, July 3
I read this article by John Mackie with dismay and disappointment. How could we allow a historical treasure with such a rich history to be forgotten and dismissed?
The Pantages Theatre Society worked diligently with Marc Williams, of Worthington Properties, to restore the theatre, without success, and now we read that it may be beyond repair. Why has this happened? Where is the will of the community leaders who earlier had the vision to save the York Theatre and the Orpheum?
The economic activity that could be stimulated by a renovated Pantages would go a long way toward creating a renaissance in a neighbourhood that was the heart of Vancouver for many years. Just as South Granville, Granville Island and Commercial Drive have benefited from investment by all three levels of government in the Stanley and Arts Club theatres and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, so too could Chinatown, Gastown, Strathcona and Main and Hastings benefit from an initiative like this.
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