Redevelopment Authority ‘chipping away’ at Penn Theater
The Penn Theater recently had some roof repairs done.
Veronica Walker, executive director of the Butler Redevelopment Authority, said at a Thursday meeting that maintenance crews had repaired a new leak on the roof, which had added to the building’s structural problems.
“It’s getting very dicey putting any weight on that roof,” Walker said.
The Redevelopment Authority has owned the Penn Theater, 149 N. Main St., since 2009. The art deco theater, opened in 1938, seated up to 1,100 moviegoers and was cooled with large fans blowing over cold well water until its closure in 1991.
Brian McCafferty, chairman of the Redevelopment Authority, said the building is one the authority hoped to rehabilitate.
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