A PHANTOM NO MORE $31 MILLION RENOVATION TO BEGIN ON LANDMARK OPERA HOUSE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: November 13, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Standing at the head of the Opera House grand stairway yesterday, an upbeat Mayor Thomas M. Menino presented Clear Channel Entertainment executives with a building permit that allows work to begin on a long-awaited restoration of the landmark theater.

"We can breathe new life into the Opera House, Downtown Crossing, and the arts scene in Boston," Menino told a crowd of preservationists, producers, arts administrators, city officials, and Opera House neighbors gathered in the faded French Baroque foyer of the historic hall.

The $31 million redevelopment project, which was first proposed in ...

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