City Hall Seeks $500,000 To Redo Oneonta Theatre By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com City Hall will seek $500,000 in state funding to restore the Oneonta Theatre, the former movie house at 27 Chestnut St. that has been on the market and unused for five years. Mayor Gary Herzig received Common Council’s unanimous approval Tuesday, Jan. 5, to seek the money through the state’s Main Street Anchor Program aimed at restoring vacant buildings. While there is no time-frame for approval or construction, Herzig said the priority is stabilizing the building. “The theater is not only beautiful and vintage, it…
NEW DISPLAY AT GOHS Exhibit Dramatizes Once (And Future?) Theater By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If we want to save the Oneonta Theatre, Patrice Macaluso says, we cannot just look to the past. “It has always changed with the times,” she said. “We can’t get wedded to what it was.” The changing face of the Oneonta Theatre is the subject of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s newest exhibit, “The Oneonta Theatre: Reflecting Popular Culture Since 1897,” curated by Macaluso. The exhibit traces the whole history of the venue, from the very first show in 1898 –…
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