[letter addressed to the bra dated 15 March 1961]
Published: 1961
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Howard Athenaeum -- History.; Government Center Urban Renewal Project, Boston (Mass.) -- Historic Preservation -- Proposals.; Historic buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Government Center.; Mueseums -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Government Center -- Proposed.; Old Howard, Boston (Mass.); Performing arts -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Government Center -- Proposals.; Theaters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Scollay Square (Boston, Mass.)
Description: ...a controversial proposal addressed to the BRA from Dean L. Gitter concerning the historic preservation of the Howard Athenaeum (Old Howard) burlesque theater in Scolley Square which was scheduled to be demolished as part of the Government Center Urban Renewal Project in downtown Boston; proposes that the theater be restored to it's original 1846 appearance as a civic center for the performing arts and a museum; lists committee members; presents financial cost data, a history of the theater, information on the structural soundness of the building, the theater situation in Boston, etc.; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...