Items Tagged ‘New London’
Just Imagine: A Dream For The Capitol Theater
Synopsis:
Nadine Baker makes a passionate call to (re)found a nonprofit with the intent to raise funds to reuse the old Capitol Theater in New London, Connecticut. The theater originally closed down in the 1970s and has sat vacant and deteriorating, with renovation and reuse plans coming and going. The latest plan to reopen the building as a theater again have fallen through as the developer has lost funding. Baker sees this as an opportunity to restart what she and others attempted back in 1995. The vision is to renovate the building into a visitors center, a place to commemorate the memory of the community. Baker presents a wonder vision and while she also states that this will of course cost money, it will cost more money the longer the building stay vacant and falls apart. New London has the opportunity (again) to establish this historical building as a gem of the community, one that will attract locals and visitors.