Crews begin tearing down the century-old playhouse on Main Street amid more last-ditch efforts to halt the demolition.
in protest of Salt Lake City’s deal with Hines to redevelop the downtown site, stood a half-block away, watching and streaming it all online as the theater fell.
Blocks away, other members of Friends of the Utah Pantages Cinematic Theatre sought anew for 3rd District Judge Robert Faust to intervene to stop the demolition. On Monday, Faust rejected their second request for a temporary retraining order after denying the first one in March, Crews cut a channel through the old Kearns Building parking garage to gain access to the North wall of the old Utah Theater as they begin demolition in downtown Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.
Tuesday’s dueling motions before Faust brought no immediate response as the judge reportedly presided over an unrelated trial. Dusty Harris, a Hines managing partner based in the adjacent Kearns Building on Main Street, said Monday the demolition would allow the firm to do core drilling and test soils beneath the theater site as part of other engineering work needed to complete design of the new building, dubbed 150 Main Street Apartments.
“Once completed,” the spokesperson continued, “it will provide significant public benefits, including much-needed affordable housing; a family-friendly park that can host outdoor film, theater and live music; public art installations; a midblock connection; and preservation to honor the theater’s legacy.”
Yet Valentine, as he paced back and forth on the sidewalk Tuesday, watching theater walls crumble, said those benefits seemed insignificant compared to losing the landmark building itself.
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