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Author Topic: Getting by in a small town: What is wrong with Watseka, Illinois? Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 06-09-2007 07:04 PM                     If this is the best building Watseka can muster it must be a dumpy place  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-11-2007 10:34 AM                     I guarantee you that 99% of the folks down there will be missing the Wine and Cheese nights and staying in the barn to clean out the injectors on the John Deere. I bet they paint the interior all white too . Mark  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 06-12-2007 11:12 PM                     Well, well...this is a different "theatre" from the Princesses 1 & 2...this article refers to the old Watseka Theater which has sat closed and boarded up for decades...roof is bad shape allowed rain to gush down the stairs...this will definitely have to be a LOT of work! Hope they can pull it off!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-13-2007 08:18 AM                     Hey Justin... why don't you expand into this area??? Its not that far from Peeeoria.... At least you could install a whisper quiet window unit in the Princess 2 .  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 12-31-2009 09:29 PM                 It has been 932 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-31-2009 09:29 PM                     Bumping this for all those who missed it and because it's just a really great read.  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-31-2009 09:32 PM                     Update: Both the Princess and Princess II closed a couple of years ago. But there are updated pictures of the Watseka on Cinematour.  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 01-08-2010 02:25 PM                     Looks like they've at least done a reasonably good job of refurbishing even if it's not a restoration. Better than closed and abandoned.  |  IP: Logged

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