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Fan photo!
This photo was taken by our friend Jean Glasgow when when she attended the Push Rods/American Graffiti event in June. Thanks Jean for sending us the great picture!Our marquee was restored in June of...
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Scaffolding, Day 3 and Board meets at the theatre
Board members met at the theatre tonight to see the wall paint samples and the paint on the ceiling. We approved the project budget to include restoration and painting of all ornamental plaster in the...
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Panoramic view of the scaffolding
Here's a view of the auditorium scaffolding taken on Sunday, November 15th. This week Berg Scaffolding is constructing the top platform, and they should be done before the end of the week. Once that is...
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Board members visit the dance floor
We've learned lots of new terms during this project. The top floor of the scaffolding is called the dance floor. A few of us visited it today. There are steps leading up there, so it's not too bad....
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Ceiling damage, up close
Here are some shots of the ceiling damage. The top photo shows the ropes that used to hold the plywood. These areas are being prepped by EverGreene for repair. You can see the devices around the large...
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Sidewalks nearing completion
The forms for the curb are in, and it looks like Granite Construction plans to pour the new sidewalks next week! Hooray!
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Evergreene starting on the detail work
(Top photo)Amanda from EverGreene is working on the detail near the pipe chambers in the auditorium(Bottom photo)Nick is painstakingly prepping the columns near the J Street exit.
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Cinema in progress
Cinema is getting closer! There are some other colors that need to be applied, but it's looking wonderful!
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Proscenium restoration underway
Here is a nice shot showing the before and "in progress" views of the ornamental plaster at the top of the proscenium
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Working his muscles
This is Nick from EverGreene who has been working on the ceiling for several weeks. He says he doesn't need to go to the gym.
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Little bit of history discovered
This was found inside of what we think is a speaker box above the exit sign in exit doorway. Pretty cool discovery!
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Proscenium beauty!
This is still 'in progress' but we really wanted to show how amazing this is. Every color of paint in the auditorium has been matched to the original. The 7th Street Theatre Association is extremely...
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Painting the window
Here is Alan from EverGreene painting the sky in the window on the left side of the auditorium.
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Creating clouds
Byron from EverGreene is creating the clouds. One thing we have discovered since this project began is that the 'sky' ceiling in the 7th Street is a much lighter shade of blue than most other...
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Very close to done!
Left photo shows Lane up in the attic working on replacing the light bulbs in the star fixtures. Below is cinema window, complete!
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Day after Starlight Celebration
Check out the article on today's Daily World about last night's wonderful reopening, the Starlight Celebration. We had about 600 people show up to celebrate! Thanks to everyone for your generous...
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Certificate from State DAHP
Michael Houser, Architectural Historian with the State Dept. of Archaeology and Historic Preservation spoke at our reopening celebration last Saturday and presented the Theatre Association with this...
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Stencils are done
The lobby animal stencils are now complete! EverGreene took off for a short time and just finished a few jobs including the stencils. There are four different animals painted on the walls of the 7th...
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All decked out for Casablanca
Lane "Butterboy" Youmans dressed the part this weekend for Casablanca.
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