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Historic Former Pittsburgh Playhouse To Be Razed
Point Park University plans to demolish the three-building complex.
PITTSBURGH, PA - The curtain is coming down on the former Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland - as is the three-building complex itself. Point Park University, which owns the playhouse structures, plans to demolish them.
The Craft Avenue complex across from UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital closed last summer when the debut of the new playhouse on Forbes Avenue, Downtown.
The university has not yet decided precisely when the playhouse is coming down. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Point Park will brief the Oakland Planning and Development Corp. on its plans next week
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The university always planned to sell the playhouse to help finance construction of its successor building Downtown. Point Park told the Post-Gazette that the property has more value as a clean site.
The playhouse opened in the 1930s and the likes of Gene Kelly and Shirley Jones performed there. Point Park has owned the complex since the 1960s.
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