Why Not Let the Church You Loathe Save the Theater You Love?
Across California, Growing Congregations and Communities Have Bridged Differences to Preserve Historic Movie Palaces
Have a little faith, Californians.
Even if you can’t stand the religion or politics of your local churches, you might find their congregations to be valuable saviors—of your historic and endangered movie theaters.
In other words, please think twice before engaging in a holy war like the one in Fresno over the historic Tower Theater.
The Tower, first opened in 1939, is an arrow-shaped, Streamline Moderne gem anchoring a neighborhood of retail, restaurants, and arts known as the Tower District. But, like so many of California’s signature theaters, it has struggled, especially …
