Posts Tagged ‘Park Theater’
“Good Bones”
Lots of locals stopping by to stare dreamily at the stripped-down Park Theater in Lafayette today, people hanging on the chain link fencing and talking about first movies and first dates there. Construction is underway and with eyes on a 2027 re-opening and folks behind the effort are looking for funding. In the meantime, we…
Read MoreDeveloper Runs The Numbers, Decides Against Lafayette’s Park Theater Purchase
From the City of Lafayette: LAFAYETTE, CALIF., Aug. 29, 2018—A developer previously interested in purchasing Lafayette’s Park Theater, Madison Park Financial, informed the City late Monday that it has decided not to move forward with the purchase of the theater and instead focus on a smaller scale project on a property it owns in downtown…
Read MoreParking, Finance Issues Pull The Pin On Lafayette’s Park Theater Proposal
Hopes that a locally generated effort to purchase and rejuvenate Lafayette’s landmark movie house have evaporated like film in a hot projector after the trio of locals behind the drive let the city know they are pulling out. The rub appears to be the lack of available outside financing – any hint of which dried…
Read MoreMovies, Al Fresco Dining Part Of Grand Vision For Saving Lafayette’s Park Theater
Three locals with sufficient financial heft and a vision for what they say it will take to revive the city’s favorite – and fading – downtown movie house are asking the city council and the public for support of their plan. The trio, couple Fred and Cathy Abbott together with family friend and physician Alex McDonald, say they have…
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