There are plenty of ways to honor the past, and not all of them require the indefinite preservation of crumbling buildings — sometimes it’s enough to simply bask in the knowledge of what once was (for example: This in-depth piece The Stranger ran in 2001). For fans of old stuff, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation will host a fun online lecture this Thursday about Seattle’s theatrical heritage, dating back more than a hundred years to a time when our town rivaled New York for live entertainment. Only a handful of the old theaters are left, but that’s fine; progress and history can comfortably
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