After 38 months of negotiations and plans to restore the 100-year-old Pantages Theater, talks fell apart between the City of Vancouver and Peter Fairchild, the chair of the Pantages Theater Arts Society.
No reason was given for the City's decision and Mr Fairchild has issued a statement asking for public support.
Designed by Vancouver architect Edward Evans Blackmore the Pantages, located on Main at Hastings, the 650 seat theater was built in 1907 as a vaudeville house and was to be the future home of City Opera Vancouver, rehearsal space and art gallery along with three resident companies. The Pantages Project would also have included 130+ units of housing next door.
Mr Fairchild is urging the public to register their support for the Pantages by emailing:
mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca and cc: cb0bc@yahoo.com
Georgia Straight
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