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Collected Item: “Florida Theatre”

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Florida Theatre

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News article

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The Florida Theatre, a historically significant building in Jacksonville, Florida, has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic and has been unable to reopen safely since guidelines have relaxed. As this article says, the theater is now out of money and is trying to raise money through donations so that they can reopen in December.

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HST580, Arizona State University, Florida Theatre, reopen

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https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/10/10/as-funding-runs-out-florida-theatre-launches-campaign-to-reopen-in-december/

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Jennifer Ready

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2020-10-10
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