The theater being talked about is the New Isis Theater, with its reader board, for years, promising the New New Isis would be opening soon, ever since I first saw this eyesore soon upon my arrival in Texas, late in the previous century.
I have mentioned this Stockyards eyesore many times, in various venues, over the years, including multiple mentions on this blog you are looking at right now, for example...
The Fort Worth Stockyards New Isis Theater Travesty & The Baker Hotel In Mineral Wells Travesty
and
The New Isis Theater In The Fort Worth Stockyards Is Still Not New After All These Years.
Dear Durango Texas,
As an FYI - The New Isis Theater is currently in the architectural phase of renovation. This will probably take 3-4 months and the renovation approximately 14-16 months. Hopefully we can achieve a look which will remove us from your expertly crafted list of Stockyard buildings in need of repair. You could be very helpful in this process by informing your web viewers that the original seats from the inside of the theater are available for those who would like to purchase a piece of history. These will need to be replaced because of they are only 16 1/2 inches wide compared to modern theater seats at 21". (a testament to the decline of our culinary tastes over the last 70+ years.)
Regards,
Robert
The New Isis Theater
The blog post which let us know the New Isis Theater renovation would be completed in 14 - 16 months was from way back in October of 2011.
Did J.D. Granger and America's Biggest Boondoggle take over the New Isis Theater renovation? Is that why in 2016 the New Isis Theater looks like that which you see below?
The above photo is what the interior of the renovated New Isis Theater looks like in 2016. This is one of the photos in the Jonny Goodday Facebook post which Elsie Hotpepper directed me to.
How did this theater get in such bad shape? Why is this boarded up eyesore allowed to continue blighting Fort Worth's best tourist attraction, the Stockyards, decade after decade?
1 comment:
A guy who died in November of 2014 bought the New Isis in August 2014. His estate still owns it I suppose. He also owned a great looking mid century modern home in Crestwood.
Some of my school friends growing up liked going to the New Isis. I preferred the downtown theaters or the ones in west Fort Worth. We lived a little too close to the stockyards area and I never got over the stench emanating from the 'yards and the north side. I didn't like the fake cowboy town either.
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