Comments on: The Fall of the Howard Theater http://leftforledroit.com/2010/03/the-fall-of-the-howard-theater/ Fri, 18 May 2012 17:23:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric in Ledroit http://leftforledroit.com/2010/03/the-fall-of-the-howard-theater/#comment-289 Eric in Ledroit Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:39:45 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=570#comment-289 the howard theater project is such a joke. lincoln theater has about a dozen events a year and requires regular infusions of city money to keep it afloat. check out their current calendar - that's right, SIX event from now through July: http://www.thelincolntheatre.org/calendar.cfm does anyone have any realistic reason to believe the howard theater will be different? you want it to thrive again, sell it to a private developer. this nonprofit quasi-government agency entity that is currently "planning" (I use that term very loosely) the project is definitely not going to be successful. the howard theater project is such a joke. lincoln theater has about a dozen events a year and requires regular infusions of city money to keep it afloat. check out their current calendar – that’s right, SIX event from now through July:

http://www.thelincolntheatre.org/calendar.cfm

does anyone have any realistic reason to believe the howard theater will be different?

you want it to thrive again, sell it to a private developer. this nonprofit quasi-government agency entity that is currently “planning” (I use that term very loosely) the project is definitely not going to be successful.

]]> By: Mike Rupert http://leftforledroit.com/2010/03/the-fall-of-the-howard-theater/#comment-283 Mike Rupert Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:56:43 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=570#comment-283 Eric, Thanks. We first want to make sure that marquee isn't going to come crashing down but send any other information you have to michael.rupert(at)dc.gov. Thanks. - Mike, DCRA Eric,
Thanks. We first want to make sure that marquee isn’t going to come crashing down but send any other information you have to michael.rupert(at)dc.gov. Thanks. – Mike, DCRA

]]> By: IMGoph http://leftforledroit.com/2010/03/the-fall-of-the-howard-theater/#comment-280 IMGoph Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:45:23 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=570#comment-280 <b>eric</b>: send it along to their twitter feed. DCRA is the most responsive agency on twitter in the known universe. eric: send it along to their twitter feed. DCRA is the most responsive agency on twitter in the known universe.

]]> By: Eric Fidler http://leftforledroit.com/2010/03/the-fall-of-the-howard-theater/#comment-279 Eric Fidler Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:39:34 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=570#comment-279 Thank you. If DCRA is interested, I can compile a list of violations at the theater and neighboring properties that are part of the Radio One project. The developers believe that anti-blight laws don't apply to them. Nor did they bother to shovel their sidewalks during either snow storm. Thank you. If DCRA is interested, I can compile a list of violations at the theater and neighboring properties that are part of the Radio One project. The developers believe that anti-blight laws don’t apply to them. Nor did they bother to shovel their sidewalks during either snow storm.

]]> By: IMGoph http://leftforledroit.com/2010/03/the-fall-of-the-howard-theater/#comment-278 IMGoph Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:29:48 +0000 http://leftforledroit.com/?p=570#comment-278 i just tweeted about this <a href="http://twitter.com/IMGoph/status/9942437103" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and it apparently caught the eye of <a href="http://twitter.com/dcra/status/9943660935" rel="nofollow">DCRA</a>. i just tweeted about this here, and it apparently caught the eye of DCRA.

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