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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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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:48 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.
    — FJG JR
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:45 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!
    — stoltzy
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 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?
    — J H
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:51 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.
    — HowardBHaas


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