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Garage Under Common<br />
Is Assured in Boston<br />
BOSTON—Downtown theatremen and<br />
managers as well as business and civic leaders<br />
throughout the Boston area greeted with enthusiasm<br />
the Massachusetts supreme court<br />
decision removing all barriers to construction<br />
of a giant garage beneath the Common<br />
which w'ould alleviate the city's vexing traffic<br />
problems.<br />
The court held that the Common is free<br />
from trusts and that the city has title to the<br />
land. It dismissed two suits brought by Back<br />
Bay residents who sought to block the construction.<br />
The project had been bitterly<br />
fought by one small group for two years.<br />
Work will begin in three weeks, according<br />
to Mayor Curley, who ordered the city law<br />
department to meet at once with officials<br />
of the First National Corp., who will build<br />
the 4,400-car garage beneath the present<br />
athletic field and parade ground.<br />
The garage will have three levels with<br />
the main entrance on Charles street with an<br />
underpass under the public garden from<br />
Commonwealth avenue. A pedestrian tunnel<br />
will extend underground from the garage to<br />
Tremont street at West street. The garage<br />
will be built without cost to the city and<br />
will revert to the city after 40 years. It is<br />
said that the city will lease it for not less<br />
than 2 per cent of the gross receipts. Parking<br />
fees have not been decided.<br />
With the downtown parking problem one<br />
of the most serious menaces to evening theatre<br />
business, the construction of the project<br />
is hailed by managers as an important boxoffice<br />
boost.<br />
Work Starts in Newport<br />
On New Latchis House<br />
NEWPORT, N. H. — Ground has been<br />
broken here for construction of a theatre for<br />
Peter Latchis. Latchis operates theatres in<br />
Claremont and Keene in this state, Brattleboro,<br />
Vt.. and in Ma.ssachusetts.<br />
The local house, which is expected to be<br />
opened early in the fall, will be a one-story<br />
building with no balcony, seating 800 persons.<br />
Six stores are expected to occupy a wing<br />
of the building.<br />
Al Donovan to Manage<br />
Mohawk, North Adams<br />
HARTFORD—George E. Landers, division<br />
manager of E. M. Loew's Theatres, has announced<br />
the appointment of Al Donovan, formerly<br />
at the Capitol, Lynn, as manager of<br />
the Mohawk, North Adams. Donovan succeeds<br />
David Seidman, 68, who, after some<br />
50 years in the entertainment world, is retiring<br />
to live in Miami Beach.<br />
Hartford Booth Men Plan<br />
Testimonial for Lewis<br />
HARTFORD — A testimonial dinner in<br />
honor of Ruben K. Lewis, Loew's Poli-Palace<br />
stage manager and business agent of lATSE<br />
Local 84, will be held in the Hotel Bond<br />
Wednesday night, June 9. Lewis has been<br />
business agent for the local 25 years.<br />
HARTFORD—The People's Forest Drive-In<br />
Theatre Corp. has opened the People's Forest,<br />
on Route 44 between Hartford and Winsted.<br />
'Vincent Youmatz of Winsted is president<br />
of the film.<br />
Tim O'Toole Retires<br />
As Columbia Pilot<br />
NEW HAVEN—Timothy F. O'Toole, affectionately<br />
known as Tim to most New England<br />
film people, has been retired from active duty<br />
as Columbia manager here but will continue<br />
to serve in an advisory capacity. He has been<br />
New Haven manager ten years. In all,<br />
O'Toole coimts his years with Columbia at<br />
nearly 30, spent between Boston and New<br />
Haven. He is shown here with his booker,<br />
Grace Brunelle. O'Toole will be succeeded<br />
by Walter Silverman, a Columbia salesman<br />
here for thi'ee years. He was a booker in<br />
Boston prior to that. Earl Wright, who has<br />
been with Columbia in Chicago, comes back<br />
to his native city as salesman. Dave Kramer,<br />
former salesman here, is moving to Pittsburgh<br />
as sales manager for Eagle Lion.<br />
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: May 29, 1948 NE 79