{"id":23942,"date":"2018-06-29T12:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=23942"},"modified":"2019-11-26T19:14:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:14:07","slug":"mario-lanzas-birthplace-demolished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/06\/29\/mario-lanzas-birthplace-demolished\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Lanza’s Birthplace Demolished"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I just discovered that Mario Lanza’s boyhood home, located at 636 Christian Street, is being demolished to make way for two multi-family homes. How is it that the home of \u00a0a famous opera singer who made movies in Hollywood, and has a historical marker be bulldozed by a developer? It’s a damn shame.<\/p>\n

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I just discovered that Mario Lanza’s boyhood home, located at 636 Christian Street, is being demolished to make way for two multi-family homes. 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