3.10.2011

local color

May I just say how deeply I am into old mill towns? Leaving beautiful downtown Woonsocket today.

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  1. How absolutely fabulous.

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  2. Writer's Almanac ReaderMarch 12, 2011 10:05 AM

    Roxyish

    A typical program at the Roxy was an entertainment extravaganza. First onstage were the ballet corps or the Roxyettes, a precision dance line that later morphed into the Rockettes. A newsreel followed. Next, the Roxy's chorus sang. Then the organs rose from the pit, and organists entertained the crowd. The movie rolled last. The orchestra accompanied everything -- including the film, if it was a silent one.
    A cartoon published shortly after the Roxy's opening shows an awestruck child standing in the lobby with her mother. The child asks, 'Does God live here?'
    The Roxy closed in 1960. It was demolished so the hotel next door could build a parking garage

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  3. Pull down a theater

    Put up a parking lot

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