By Kyle Moore The renovation of the Fox Theatre got a huge boost last week when it was revealed that the California Cultural and Historical Endowment had awarded the Fox an additional grant in the amount of $300,000. Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation board member Tom Dalton shared the good news. “This grant is the result [...]
by Kyle Moore We’d like to ask our readers to participate in an exercise in imagination: It’s a beautiful, warm summer evening in 2017, and it’s date night. You and your beloved (wife, husband, girlfriend or boyfriend) are feeling good and headed out for the evening. You’re dressed a little bit nicer than you might [...]
The Fox Theatre’s renovation took on a whole new look last week when construction workers began dismantling the distinctive triangular marquee and the ticket booth that have stood in front of the theatre for almost 60 years. Restoration plans for the Fox call for an historically accurate 2-dimensional marquee that more closely resembles the one [...]
by Kyle Moore Red Bank, New Jersey. Rome, New York. Keene, New Hampshire. Newberry, South Carolina. Fullerton, California. What do all of these cities have in common? They all have historic theatres that have survived economic downturns or gone through periods of decay and neglect, but are now experiencing a renaissance thanks to the efforts [...]
Words simply can’t do this justice, so the pictures will have to tell the tale. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/75-abandoned-theaters-from-around-the-usa
