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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Bill Green helping the Boyd
Also in Council today: Councilman Bill Green introduced a bill that would amend the city’s Historic Preservation Ordinance to allow the Philadelphia Historic Commission to designate the interior of buildings as historic.
Currently, the Commission doesn't have that jurisdiction.

"I just think it's a tool the Historic Commission ought to have in their tool kit," Green said.

Green said this additional power could help the Commission grant historic status to buildings like the Boyd Theater — the embattled 1920s movie palace on 19th and Chestnut which lacks historic protection.
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 3:08 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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Posted by FJG JR 03:48 PM, 05/22/2008
Bill, don't you have some worthy work to do? Where is Willard R. when we need him. Build another skyscraper.
Posted by stoltzy 05:45 PM, 05/22/2008
Everyone AGAINST keeping the Boyd intact should be ashamed...this is the last piece of film history in Philly and it should be preserved. If you only saw how beautiful it is inside, you'd change your mind. THE BOYD SHOULD BE SAVED!
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Posted by J H 10:52 AM, 05/23/2008
I want to see the Boyd saved as well, but where were all these people when the Boyd was a stinky movie theater with gooey, sticky floors and a basement bathroom that looked like it was cleaned once a year? The theater didn't fall into that condition overnight; would the preservationists mind if we just reverted back to that state?
Posted by HowardBHaas 05:51 PM, 05/24/2008
J H, it was operated & owned at a profit. Who was supposed to interfere with an ongoing movie operation? Now, the Art Deco movie palace is at threat. Many movie palaces nationwide have been restored for mixed venue entertainment. They don't have sticky floors. They look magnificient.
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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