Senator Theatre Approved for $700,000 Loan from Spending Board
The loan is expected to cover capital improvements to the theater.
Baltimore's spending board has approved a loan of $700,000 to Senator Theatre, LLC for capital improvements to the historic cinema.
The improvements include replacing seats, carpet, wall coverings, curtains and a wall painting in the theater, according to the Board of Estimates agenda.
The Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation approved the renovations, which include adding three theaters and a wine bar, during its meeting on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the board's agenda, the renovations will cost $2.15 million. The Senator Theatre, LLC is contributing $400,000 in equity and applying for $450,000 in federal and state tax credits. It's also seeking a $500,000 state loan and a $100,000 state Community Legacy Grant.
Senator Theatre, LLC is composed of James "Buzz" Cusack and his daughter Kathleen Cusack. The Cusacks, who own the Charles Theatre, have operated the Senator since 2010 after leasing the building from the city.
Balt Observer
1:08 pm on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Finally, the Senator gets a capital infusion to bring it up to contemporary standards. I think the new Senator will be the pride of Baltimore, mixing retro style with modern amenities (like stadium seating). Glad to see that the Senator is in good hands for the coming years.
Harth Cabal
8:36 am on Thursday, August 11, 2011
I'll be a happy camper _as long as it's done right_. I hope somebody has the sense to hire experts at this type of restoration. It could be grand or it could turn out looking cheap/unauthentic especially if you don't know how to blend modern amenities with retro style.
And I hope by "stadium seating" you mean that will be in the additions. Putting stadium seating in the original theater would ruin it IMHO.
In any case it's only a matter of time before bean counters will ask if another movie multiplex this is a good use of city/state/federal money in these days of Redbox and video on demand.
IamGayle
11:30 am on Thursday, August 11, 2011
BO-(appropriate initials)
For real dude. The constant cyberstalking.bullying insults and comments are becoming more and more abusive.
(he comments on the sun also)
I can understand why you are hiding behind the fake user name, but at a certain point.... YOUR mask will come off.
Why not simply take me up on my offer from a week ago?
Smiley
4:39 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
"I can understand why you are hiding behind the fake user name". Tell me something, Gayle; for those users who don't use their real names (i.e. BaltimoreObserver), what difference does it make? Who do you think you are to tell someone that they're wrong for using a clever made up name, which they have every right to do, as opposed to their real name. I don't see your last name on here, Gayle. Bravo, congratulations, I applaud you for giving us your first name. Want a cookie? What is your obsession with wanting to know people's real names. The fact that you people are so interested in people's names simply tells me that you want to stalk them on Facebook and hope to see them on the street and harm them because they don't agree with your views.
Smiley
4:40 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sorry, Balt Observer, I got your name wrong in my previous post.
Balt Observer
12:22 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Unfortunately, it appears that some lackeys of the former Senator owner don't share in the enthusiasm for the Senator's wonderful future reemergence as a premier movie destination. It is truly a pity that some people choose to wallow in the failures of the past rather than embrace the possibilities of a bright future.
IamGayle
1:02 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Yaaaawn......
You are absolutely incapable to determine anything in terms os who I
am, where I stand, what I have experienced, etc and so forth.
Your abusive and pitiful comments are simply....strange to say the least.
What exactly is it with regard to my comments that burns you so terribly?
What exactly is it with regard to my comments (and that of others you
have been abusive to) that get under your scaly skin so much?
How and why are you so terribly convinced that this particular
situation has never happened to others before?
And...you're still hiding. A reveal of you you are in reality will
speak volumes, I'm sure in terms of why you are so extremely abusive
and just plain nasty to some folks when it comes to your comments.
Stu Goldstone stated that he personally enjoys the act of poking
sticks at/being antagonistic folks for the simple act of, simply doing
it. Which reveals that he's not even educating himself on certain
issues he spends time commenting on. He doesn't believe his own
words, he only uses them as a weapon to be abusive to others.
So stop being a scurrred lil felow...hiding behind ur keyboard dude. Man up.
Again, as soon as your real name is revealed......
Well now.... considering you are lacking in terms of local things, I can see now that you are actually someone from out of town. Your not even a local person!
Smiley
4:46 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Gayle, did you just threaten Balt Observer? "Again, as soon as your real name is revealed...." Perhaps Balt Observer enjoys poking fun at the way you people approach issues but at least he/she is not pleading for their real name so that they can do whatever is suppose to come between those "......".
IamGayle
1:29 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
And PS BO- Its beginning to look like you are actually only observing Bawlmer from out of town therefore discrediting even more of your odd coments.
And here you go.......
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/world/asia/06karzai.html
Smiley
4:47 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Interesting article. What does this have to do with anything?
Balt Observer
3:47 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
It's very unfortunate when someone is clearly in need of help and doesn't seek it. At any rate, I wish the Cusacks the best in their endeavor. Looking forward to seeing and experiencing the new, improved Senator
I'll now leave the demented to continue screeching hysterically at themselves.
IamGayle
5:31 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2011
Ahhh.. Sylvester. Another one.
What threat? Huh?
Simply put, I have a pretty stong hunch as to who some of these poser posters are.
If they stood by what they say, I feel they'd have no problemo stating who they actually are.
As one example.... one poser poster that keeps popping up actually writes for the sun.
Robert
1:12 pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2011
That would explain a lot, Gayle. I suppose the Sun is a little sensitve about the Senator issue since it was that specific story that had them called out by Pew as a government mouthpiece.
Must make it damn hard to look at yourself in the mirror, assuming you ever had ambitions of being a real journalist.
IamGayle
3:03 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Just to clarify. This is not an actual loan. It's a grant...it won't have to be paid back.
IamGayle
5:52 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7cQiXjdUKg