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Aged theater
will be razed - Abilene, KS A 120-year-old building that housed the city's only movie
theater is too badly damaged to salvage and will be torn down, one of
the owners said Wednesday. The building housing the Plaza Theatre in
downtown Abilene will be torn down over the next 30 days, said co-owner
Cathy Strowig.Part of the roof and a wall of the building collapsed last month. "We all pretty much came to the same conclusion. There just isn't going to be enough left -- after you tear down what needs to be torn down -- to save," Strowig said. "The damage is too much. If it were just the roof or something, it would be different. But the supports were damaged also." The building opened as an opera house in 1879. Demolition means that the art deco designs, wall hangings and balconies that made the building stand out won't be saved. Strowig owns the building with several other members of her family. The family is just one of eight independent theater operators in Kansas and has operated the movie house since 1931. |
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