{"id":40800,"date":"2023-06-21T07:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T11:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=40800"},"modified":"2023-06-21T07:42:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T11:42:23","slug":"lansdowne-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/06\/21\/lansdowne-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"Lansdowne Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Untitled\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52989530379\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52989530379_58abdb1531_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>I saw a post on social media about how this beautiful theater which was built in 1927 is in the process of being restored. It&#8217;s in Lansdowne, PA and just a stone&#8217;s throw from work so I decided to take a look. I didn&#8217;t go inside, but the facade is very impressive.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52989530004\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52989530004_dc61794155_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>There is a website as you can see from the marquee that details the theater&#8217;s history and the restoration efforts. I&#8217;m not sure what kind of shows the theater will host, but I sort of doubt whether it will show movies. It would be a great place to screen classic films.<\/p>\n<p>Nice restoration job.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Untitled\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52989851253\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52989851253_a8b85c1e83_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Untitled\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a post on social media about how this beautiful theater which was built in 1927 is in the process of being restored. It&#8217;s in Lansdowne, PA and just a stone&#8217;s throw from work so I decided to take &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/06\/21\/lansdowne-theater\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2093,26],"tags":[2288,2073,2228,336],"class_list":["post-40800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography-2","category-stuff-joe-likes","tag-delaware-county","tag-lansdowne","tag-theater","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aC4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10445,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/10\/the-sun-sets-on-lansdowne-pa\/","url_meta":{"origin":40800,"position":0},"title":"The Sun Sets on Lansdowne, PA","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking out over Baltimore Avenue on a chilly November evening.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/19050-sunset.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/19050-sunset.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/19050-sunset.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/19050-sunset.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20274,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/01\/14\/a-tree-grows-in-lansdowne\/","url_meta":{"origin":40800,"position":1},"title":"A Tree Grows in Lansdowne","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"January 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"My favorite tree on the way to work. 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